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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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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. – 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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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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Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America – land of the free, home of the brave. – Dave Grohl

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