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The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so impor

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it. – James Thurber

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The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybodys guess. – James Thurber

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Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. – James Thurber

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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. – James Thurber

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Youre always tellin me to go out more, Go ahead, get out and see the world, But then I think, why should I? Id rather stay home and cry. – Gwen Stefani

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