Quote by James Thurber
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. - James Thurbe

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. – James Thurber

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We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves. – James Thurber

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Entertainment
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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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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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Youve got to have a sense of humor to keep your sanity. – Lance Bass

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Conservative humor is frankly harder than liberal humor. You get points for just being liberal. You can get more points if you make fun of your own side sometimes. – Ted Rall

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People with no humor, theyre outta my life. – Patti LaBelle

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I think that sense of humor is important in marriage. A sense of humor gets people through marriage. – Kyle Chandler

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