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Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973), commonly known as Walt Kelly, was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Studios, contributing to Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo. In 1941 Kelly transferred at the age of 28 to work at Dell Comics, where he created Pogo, which eventually became his platform for political and philosophical commentary.

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Don't believe something just because you didn't read it in the papers. Wait until you haven't seen it on television.

Believe, Papers, Read, Television, Wait, Waiting

In like a dimwit, out like a light.

Dimwit, Dimwits, Light, Like

Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.

Cooking, Food, Real, Thing, Thought

Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog. Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.

Dog, Like, Looks, Real, Thing, Wolf

There's no easy quick way out, we're gonna have to live through our whole lives, win, lose, or draw.

Winning, Way, Easy, Win, Lose

When we become negative and ungrateful, it is important to remember. . . We have met the enemy; and he is us.

Enemy, Gratitude, Met, Negative, Ungrateful

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Become, Done, Energy, Not Good Enough, Operation, Reality

The best break anybody ever gets is in bein' alive in the first place. An' you don't unnerstan' what a perfect deal it is until you realizes that you ain't gone be stuck with it forever, either.

Deal, Forever, Gone, Perfect

We have met the enemy and he is us.

Trust, Peace, Fun, Enemy, Met

What's good about March? Well, for one thing, it keeps February and April apart.

April, February, Good, Keeps, March

God is not dead-He is merely unemployed.

God, Merely, Unemployed

You got to be yourself, you got to discard all the bull and get YOU across. . . and get what you have to say across.

Across, Being Yourself, Bull, Bulls, Discard, Say

Traces of nobility, gentleness and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do those characteristics which are ugly. It is just unfortunate that in the clumsy hands of a cartoonist all traits become ridiculous, leading to a certain amount of self-conscious expostulation and the desire to join battle.

Battle, Desire, Hands, People, Self, Trend

Looking back on things, the view always improves.

Back, Improves, Looking, Looking Back, Things, Views

Eventually every man gotta face the problem of tryin' to figger if it's worthwhile to prove that he is himself.

Eventually, Faces, Gotta, Men, Problem, Worthwhile

Now is the time for all good men to come to.

Come, Funny, Humorous, Men, Time

Some is more equal than others, as is well known. (Tammananny Tiger)

Well Known, Equal, Wells, Known, Tiger

Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.

Effort, Having, Lost, Military, Redoubled, Sight

If I could only write, I'd write a nasty letter to the mayor, if he could only read.

Letter, Letters, Nasty, Read, Writing

Thank goodness modern convenience is a thing of the remote future.

Convenience, Goodness, Modern, Remote

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