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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

James Thurber

History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.
JAMES THURBER

Business Evidence Government History Ourselves Time
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
JAMES THURBER

Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
Discussion in America means dissent.
JAMES THURBER

Country Discussion
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
JAMES THURBER

Challenge Comedy Drugs Therapy
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
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
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Allow Fear Humor Nation Possession Regard Suspect Writing
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
JAMES THURBER

Fools People Time Yourself
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
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.
JAMES THURBER

Enough Hard Time Man Simplicity Trouble Truth
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
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

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

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