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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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Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind. – 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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Humor is everywhere, in that theres irony in just about anything a human does. – Bill Nye

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There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor. – David Duchovny

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Its your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and dont take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver. – Betty White

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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. – Erma Bombeck

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