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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

James Thurber

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
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
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
There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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Funny Himself Person Smart World
I don’t believe the writer should know too much where he’s going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprintold man propaganda.
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Believe Man Myself Old Writing
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
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
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
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
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
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking

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