Ogden Nash Quotes
Hark, hark! the larkOn windswept barkFreezes against a sky of lead!Now see him stop,Take one small hop,And suddenly keel over dead!
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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Desire creates its own object.
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I'm painfully middle class.
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The truth is that the history of Mexico is a history in the image of its geography: abrupt and tortuous. Each historical period is like a plateau surrounded by tall mountains and separated from the other plateaus by precipices and divides.
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Western man is schizophrenic.
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
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I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.
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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
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If you do something, expect consequences.
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You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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I don't have a strong interest in history.
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Country fans and country listeners deserve to have something better... a song that really has something to say, something that makes you feel something.
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There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.
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I loved seeing my mom put her own twist on years-old family recipes and also create new dishes. This made me develop a passion for cooking at a young age and would eventually inspire me to prepare meals and host wonderful family dinners.
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If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.
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The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.
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Some people have these small, positive schemes for survival, a kind of strength that I am attracted to, maybe because I'm prone to the blues.
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I only use my sick days for hang-overs and soap opera weddings.
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You feel like people are looking at you like, 'I wanted the old Kathleen. Where's the old Kathleen?' I felt that way in the beginning of Le Tigre. I felt people were like, 'You're not angry enough anymore.' People still ask me that. 'Are you still angry?' I'm like, 'About what? About that question? Yes.'
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Hark, hark! the larkOn windswept barkFreezes against a sky of lead!Now see him stop,Take one small hop,And suddenly keel over dead!
