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I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.

James Thurber

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.
JAMES THURBER

Cross Desire Friendship Lost Street
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.
JAMES THURBER

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
Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
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Behavior Man Mindset Understand
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
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
JAMES THURBER

Accent Ignore Language Pronounce
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
JAMES THURBER

Destination Direction End Journey Path
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
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
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
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
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
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
JAMES THURBER

Animal Dog Myself Thinking

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