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Quote by James Thurber
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. – 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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Nature
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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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Eggs cannot be unscrambled. – American Proverb

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Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind. – Leo Rosten

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We come to this work because the alternative, being consumed by the effort to ignore the mystery of being, is no longer acceptable. – Ken McLeod, Wake Up To Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention

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When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. – Samuel Johnson

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No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy. – Thomas Carlyle

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Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership. – James Humes

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I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin, was about saving time and money in the kitchen – and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food. – Jacques Pepin

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