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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.

James Thurber

The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.
JAMES THURBER

Laughter People Tragedy
There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
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Believe Born Leadership Poet
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Right Writing
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
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Progress Right Time
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Mathematics Safety
Art – the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised
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Achievement Advice Art Man
Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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Enough Hard Time Man Simplicity Trouble Truth
If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
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Herself Man Sex Strong Woman Wonder
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
With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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Definite Development Face Myself Structure
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

She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.

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