Ogden Nash Quotes
We love the kindly wind and hail,The jolly thunderbolt,We watch in glee the fairy trailOf ampere, watt, and volt.
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Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I'm not afraid of the Taliban.
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Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently.
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An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
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People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.
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I like old Disney films that have an edge to them.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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There's no way you can possibly intellectually justify, 'Well, it's okay for the Western Judeo-Christian countries to have nuclear weapons, but not for a country like Iran.' That logic goes nowhere fast.
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When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
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I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.
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There is a tendency to underestimate the power of what we can do without words. Sometimes you can make a scene even more powerful and precise without dialogue.
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People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.
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I like every girl. Every kind of girl that there is, I like.
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In July 1944, at the Mount Washington Hotel in the resort town of Bretton Woods in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, John Maynard Keynes and Harry Dexter White created the New World Order.
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I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.
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Hold back the tide. Keep your kids innocent as long as possible.
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In money, and in life, you are very often your own worst enemy. You promise yourself you're going to diet, then eat not one or two French fries but a whole plate. You decide to really commit to saving for retirement, only to wind up with a new pair of shoes in your closet.
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Our time of national political debate is almost ended. The clamor of these days will soon subside. And your day of thoughtful decision swiftly nears.
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We love the kindly wind and hail,The jolly thunderbolt,We watch in glee the fairy trailOf ampere, watt, and volt.
