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I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.

James Thurber

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
Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
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Cross Desire Friendship Lost Street
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Break Up Love Yourself
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
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
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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Desperate Live Man Noisy
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
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
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Right Writing
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
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past

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