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Quote by James Thurber
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far back

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. – James Thurber

Other quotes by James Thurber

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. – James Thurber

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Men
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James Thurber
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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unseasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night. – James Thurber

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Psychology
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James Thurber
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Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. – James Thurber

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Haste, Hurry
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Other Quotes from
Risk
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If your life is free of failures, youre not taking enough risks. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Risk

This nation was built by men who took risks — pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action. – Brooks Atkinson

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Risk

Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. – Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, 1759

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Risk

The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. – Lord Chesterfield

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Risk

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The tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different. – Margo DeMello, Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Co

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Tattoos

Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking. – Milton Glaser

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Computers

Because youre not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are. – Madeleine LEngle

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Truth

So, we just kind of created our own thing and thats part of the beauty of Athens: is that its so off the map and theres no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. – Michael Stipe

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Beauty