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Quote by Leo Rosten
Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. I

Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers. – Leo Rosten

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The purpose of life is not to be happy – but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all. – Leo Rosten

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I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. – Leo Rosten

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Other Quotes from
Humor
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What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor. – Bernard Williams

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Humor

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor. – Paul McCartney

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Humor

Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothings funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable. – Tom DeLonge

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Humor

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. – Thomas W. Higginson

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Humor

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The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization. – Max Baucus

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I have to be alone very often. Id be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. Thats how I refuel. – Audrey Hepburn

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Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space. – Rebecca West

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