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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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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. – James Thurber

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Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. – James Thurber

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The story of Harold Ross, the New Yorker and me is a mere footnote to the story of our time, and we might as well face the truth that to researchers of the future, poking about among the ruins of time, we shall all be tiny glitters. But then, so are diamonds. – James Thurber

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If youre a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really dont like other people. Im not like that, I dont think. – Paul Theroux

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Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt. – Henrik Ibsen

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I would love to have a robot at home. – Hugh Jackman

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