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cushioned
«Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy.»
«Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age»
«Humor has a way of bringing people together. It unites people. In fact, I'm rather serious when I suggest that someone should plant a few whoopee cushions in the United Nations.»
«Honest men are the soft, easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.»
Author: Thomas Otway
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Dramatist,
Poet,
Writer)
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repose
«I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
Being Myself,
crowded,
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cushion,
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pumpkin,
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«Ximinez: Now, old woman -- you are accused of heresy on three counts -- heresy by thought, heresy by word, heresy by deed, and heresy by action -- *four* counts. Do you confess?Wilde: I don't understand what I'm accused of. Ximinez: Ha! Then we'll make you understand! Biggles! Fetch...THE CUSHIONS!Biggles: Here they are, lord.Ximinez: Now, old lady -- you have one last chance. Confess the heinous sin of heresy, reject the works of the ungodly -- *two* last chances. And you shall be free -- *three* last chances. You have three last chances, the nature of which I have divulged in my previous utterance.Wilde: I don't know what you're talking about.Ximinez: Right! If that's the way you want it -- Cardinal! Poke her with the soft cushions!Ximinez: Confess! Confess! Confess!Biggles: It doesn't seem to be hurting her, lord.Ximinez: Have you got all the stuffing up one end?Biggles: Yes, lord.»
Author: Monty Python
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Ha Ha Ha,
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The Cardinals,
The Works,
ungodly,
utterance,
Wilde
«INTERREGNUM, n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne. The experiment of letting the spot grow cold has commonly been attended by most unhappy results from the zeal of many worthy persons to make it warm again.»
«Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.»
Author: Erma Bombeck
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Keywords:
car,
cushion,
cushioned,
cushions,
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onion,
Onions,
onion rings,
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Ring The,
ring up,
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The Car,
The Onion
«There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
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Critic,
Essayist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
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by inches,
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cushion,
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The Cell
«Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Humorist,
Physician,
Poet,
Professor,
Writer)
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Keywords:
cushion,
cushioned,
cushions,
Don,
fireside,
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