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Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised

James Thurber

Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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Beginning Method Myself Open Word
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Break Up Love Yourself
Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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Marriage Mutual Thinking
Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Body Count Patience Yourself
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
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
Somebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
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Place Presence Right Woman Wrong
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
I never quite know when I’m not writing. Sometimes my wife comes up to me at a party and says, “Dammit, Thurber, stop writing.” She usually catches me in the middle of a paragraph.
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Catch Herself Known Myself Poet Quite Writing
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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Belief Dog Heaven Immortal Known Myself Person
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

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