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

Other quotes by James Thurber

Im 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, Id only be 48. Thats the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40. – James Thurber

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Women
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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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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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I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection. – Christopher Lasch

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The moon quotes the sun, the rivers quote the trees, and trees quote the breeze. – Terri Guillemets

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A peace is of the nature of a conquest for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. – William Shakespeare

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We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. – Henry David Thoreau

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Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. – Les Brown

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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution. – Hannah Arendt

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In every Heart – awaits Your Angel. – Michael, @WhereAngelsCome

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