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  • I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.

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    People   Boring   Involved  
    Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.20, Andrews McMeel Publishing

  • An outsider's point of view is always handy.

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    Views   Outsiders   Point Of View  
    Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.37, Andrews McMeel Publishing

  • I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows.

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    Hate   Taken   Administration  

  • I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.

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    Done   Students   Always Learning  
    "'Oliphant's Anthem' Exhibition Commemorates Cartoonist's Work". Interview with Harry Katz, www.loc.gov. October 20 and 21, 1997.

  • I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.

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    Artist   Cartoon   Happens  
    Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.74, Andrews McMeel Publishing

  • Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.

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    Noble   Journalism   Knows  
    "'Oliphant's Anthem' Exhibition Commemorates Cartoonist's Work". Interview with Harry Katz, www.loc.gov. October 20 and 21, 1997.

  • If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.

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    Editors   Facts   Readership  
    Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.50, Andrews McMeel Publishing

  • Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.

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    Australia   Today   States  
    Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.37, Andrews McMeel Publishing

  • One-newspaper towns are not good because all the surviving newspaper does is print money. They make 25 percent on their money every year, and if they go down to 22 percent, they start laying people off.

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    Years   People   Doe  
    Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.50, Andrews McMeel Publishing

  • Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know why.

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    Drawing   Farmers   Wells  
    "'Oliphant's Anthem' Exhibition Commemorates Cartoonist's Work". Interview with Harry Katz, www.loc.gov. October 20-21, 1997.

  • There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon.

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    Dragons   Old Days  

  • We're all idealistic when young.

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    Young   Idealistic  
    Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.23, Andrews McMeel Publishing

  • So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring.

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    Years   Innovation   Style  
    "'Oliphant's Anthem' Exhibition Commemorates Cartoonist's Work". Interview with Harry Katz, www.loc.gov. October 20 and 21, 1997.

  • I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!

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    Trying  
    Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.46, Andrews McMeel Publishing

  • I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it.

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    Thinking   Cartoon   Half  
    "'Oliphant's Anthem' Exhibition Commemorates Cartoonist's Work". Interview with Harry Katz, www.loc.gov. October 20 and 21, 1997.

  • Correct me if I'm wrong - the gizmo is connected to the flingflang connected to the watzis, watzis connected to the doo-dad connected to the ding dong.

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    Dad   Connected   Ifs  

  • There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.

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    Art   Strong   Black And White  
    Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.17, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Pat Oliphant

  • Born: July 24, 1935
  • Occupation: Editorial cartoonist
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