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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.

James Thurber

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
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Artist Childhood Man Remember
I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus.
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Book Dreams Evidence Live Myself Thinking
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
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
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
The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Fantasy Myth Unicorn
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
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
Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.
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Cost Greatness Humor Serious Thinking
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Alcohol Drink Enough Right
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.
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Mathematics Safety
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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Answer Better Known Question
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Destination Direction End Journey Path

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