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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.

James Thurber

I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
Humourists lead… an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats.
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Edge Existence Literature
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Break Up Love Yourself
When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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Effective Equality Reveal Writing
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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Clear Comedy Famous Imagination Point
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
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
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Probability Thinking Worth
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
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Darkness Dreams Fear Sleep
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
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
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.

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