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Quote by James Thurber
Comedy has to be done en clair. You cant blunt the edge of wit or

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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From one casual of mine he picked this sentence. After dinner, the men moved into the living room. I explained to the professor that this was Rosss way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up. There must, as we know, be a comma after every move, made by men, on this earth. – James Thurber

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The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. – 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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Im doing a new musical on Broadway, which opens in October called The Boy from Oz, where I play Peter Allen. For those of you who dont know, he became first famous in America for marrying Liza Minelli. – Hugh Jackman

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Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor whos been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous, worked with someone famous, slept with someone famous, been blackmailed by someone famous. – Jennifer Grey

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When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who have tremendous power and affluence. Its not in my DNA, but certainly I have been exposed to it. – Billy Baldwin

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I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha. – Arthur Golden

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