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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

James Thurber

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
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Understand Wisdom Woman Yourself
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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Probability Thinking Worth
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
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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Clear Comedy Famous Imagination Point
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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Dog Happiness Man Strange Trouble
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Right Writing
Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.
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Marriage Mutual Thinking
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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Belief Dog Heaven Immortal Known Myself Person
So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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Finding Writing Yourself
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Accent Ignore Language Pronounce
Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Body Count Patience Yourself

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