It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
E. B. WHITEUnderstanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
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Life’s meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
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By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.
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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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Mother: It’s broccoli, dear. — Child: I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.
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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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