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I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.

James Thurber

The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
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Dog Himself Level Man Success
For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
JAMES THURBER

Accent Ignore Language Pronounce
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.
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Business Evidence Government History Ourselves Time
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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Marriage Mutual Thinking
A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Act Creation Fake Misunderstanding Thinking
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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Clear Comedy Famous Imagination Point
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
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Man Myself Sharp
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
JAMES THURBER

Children Position Thinking Woman

I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.

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I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.

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