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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

Other quotes by James Thurber

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost. – James Thurber

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Humor
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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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Future
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James Thurber
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Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. – James Thurber

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Haste, Hurry
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James Thurber
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Other Quotes from
famous
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There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous persons lifestyle that really isnt suited to me. – Daniel Radcliffe

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famous

You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and Im glad its over. – Diablo Cody

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famous

I always thought it was strange when these artists like Kurt Cobain or whoever would get really famous and say, I dont understand why this is happening to me. There is a mathematical formula to why you got famous. It isnt some magical thing that just started happening. – Chad Kroeger

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famous

It wasnt being an alcoholic – it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything. – Julie Walters

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famous

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It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there. – Elsie de Wolfe

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I had a very happy childhood, but I wasnt that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think thats when your creativity is developed, when youre young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to. – David Walliams

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alone

It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times — the stupefaction of the masses, the obsessed and driven lives of the bourgeoisie — seem attractive by comparison. – Christopher Lasch

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Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being. – Swami Vivekananda

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God