Quote by James Thurber
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The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – 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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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? – James Thurber

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A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devils alphabet – the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies. – Michel de Montaigne

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Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it. – David Hume

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Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. – Carl Sandburg

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But my happiness in this world – my level of peace – is never going to be dictated by acting. – Chris Evans

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