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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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The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – James Thurber

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My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy. – Jet Li

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I like to listen to mellow stuff on the road like Travis, as we are constantly surrounded by rock music on tour and so its nice listening to mellow stuff. Obviously back at home I listen to a lot more rock music. – Ville Valo

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Once youre halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there. – Janis Ian

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He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows. – Jeremy Taylor

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