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Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.

James Thurber

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
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
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
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
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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Death Learning Man Strive Wisdom
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Body Count Patience Yourself
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Brutal Difference Ourselves
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
I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.
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Goodness Hope Humor Interest Operate Surgeon Writing
Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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Challenge Comedy Drugs Therapy
I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Children Position Thinking Woman
Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.
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Break Up Love Yourself
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.
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Laughter People Tragedy

Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.

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