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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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Comedy has to be done en clair. You cant blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. – 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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Home is where my mom is. – Brittany Murphy

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This whole head of the home thing has been blown way out of proportion. Some guys just take it way too far. Some parents take it way too far. Yet children need guidance. They need a parent to help and guide them. They also need a friend. They need a confidant. – Donny Osmond

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My home is in Heaven. Im just traveling through this world. – Billy Graham

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People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in peoples home lives, domestic stuff. – Jesse Jackson

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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. – African Proverb

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Youre biggest expense is the money you dont make. – Pante

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If theres any message to my work, it is ultimately that its OK to be different, that its good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color. – Johnny Depp

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