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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

James Thurber

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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Collision Fly Greatness Man World
Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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Enough Hard Time Man Simplicity Trouble Truth
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
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Angry Awareness Fear Future Past
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
For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Accent Ignore Language Pronounce
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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Definite Development Face Myself Structure
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
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
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
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
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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Progress Right Time

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

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