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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

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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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