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Discussion in America means dissent.

James Thurber

Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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Dog Happiness Man Strange Trouble
Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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Challenge Comedy Drugs Therapy
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
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Disturb Himself Listening Reason
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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Heartless Laughter Man Tears Terrible
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing’s fun. You’re getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.
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Act Move Myself Writing
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Mathematics Safety
Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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Collision Fly Greatness Man World
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Break Up Love Yourself
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Probability Thinking Worth
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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Future Guess Past Sound

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