"Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit... So here we are several billion of us, crowded into our global concentration camp for the duration. How are we to survive? Solemnity is not the answer, any more than witless and irresponsible frivolity is. I think our best chance lies in humor, which in this case means a wry acceptance of our predicament. We don't have to like it but we can at least recognize its ridiculous aspects, one of which is ourselves."
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Commencement address at his daughter Linell's boarding school, as quoted in The Washington Post (8 May 2005)
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Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash (19 August 1902 – 19 May 1971) was an American poet.
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