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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

Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
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
The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing’s fun. You’re getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.
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Act Move Myself Writing
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Probability Thinking Worth
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
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
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.
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Business Evidence Government History Ourselves Time
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
JAMES THURBER

Finding Writing Yourself
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
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 think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Children Position Thinking Woman
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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Achievement Character Expression Humor Laughter Separate
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 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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