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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.

James Thurber

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
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Believe Born Leadership Poet
There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
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
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.
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Laughter People Tragedy
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
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
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Call Myself Number Phone Wrong Yourself
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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Future Guess Past Sound
Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
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Cross Desire Friendship Lost Street
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
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Allow Fear Humor Nation Possession Regard Suspect Writing
I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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Children Position Thinking Woman

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