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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

James Thurber

I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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Cleaning Hands Night Reason
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
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
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart.
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Feeling Heart Sadness Sorry Touch Yourself
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
Somebody has said that woman’s place is in the wrong. That’s fine. What the wrong needs is a woman’s presence and a woman’s touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.
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Place Presence Right Woman Wrong
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
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

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