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O Music! sphere-descended maid, Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid!
-- William Collins (1720-1756) -- The Passions, Line 95...
O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act iii, Sc. 3...
O my prophetic soul! My uncle! -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act i, Sc. 5
On 10/11/88 Dan Quayle held a pumpkin next to his head. (reported in Esquire 8/92)
On 1st April, 1980, London's Capital Radio announced that the hovercraft service from Heathrow airport had been cancelled because of the low tide.
Amazing considering Heathrow is some 40 miles away...
On 6/13/89, Dan Quayle posed in El Salvador holding a grenade launcher.
Unbeknownst to him, it was aimed at his elbow. -- reported in Esquire 8/92...
On 8/13/91 lawyer Dan Quayle tells the American Bar Association that the US has too many lawyers.
He is quickly scolded by another speaker. -- reported in Esquire 8/92...
On a beautiful day like this it's hard to believe anyone can be unhappy, but we'll work on it.
-- Donald Ba...
On ability: A dwarf is small, even if he stands on a mountain top
a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well....
On account of us being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government for four years, no matter what it does.
-- Will Roge...

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