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 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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Jewelry
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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? – James Thurber

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Fear
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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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Home
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Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. – Santayana, Essays

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The future influences the present just as much as the past. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. – Terry Josephson

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Yearning for sun and starlight, roses and winter, together. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical values that have always characterized our country and for which we have traditionally been honored and respected outside our shores. – Lorin Maazel

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Cancer victims who dont accept their fate, who dont learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left. – Ingrid Bergman

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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. – Walter Benjamin

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