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

James Thurber

Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
JAMES THURBER

Destination Direction End Journey Path
Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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Collision Fly Greatness Man World
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
The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals
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Animal Dog Fun Laughter Man Reason
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself
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
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
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
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Mathematics Safety
So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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Finding Writing Yourself
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Progress Right Time
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

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

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