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I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.

James Thurber

The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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Cleaning Hands Night Reason
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Progress Right Time
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
JAMES THURBER

Man Myself Sharp
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Break Up Love Yourself
The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals
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Animal Dog Fun Laughter Man Reason
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
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
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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Finding Writing Yourself

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