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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. – James Thurber

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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost. – James Thurber

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Humor
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James Thurber
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The story of Harold Ross, the New Yorker and me is a mere footnote to the story of our time, and we might as well face the truth that to researchers of the future, poking about among the ruins of time, we shall all be tiny glitters. But then, so are diamonds. – James Thurber

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Jewelry
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere. – James Thurber

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Women
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Humor is reason gone mad. – Groucho Marx

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The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him. – Karen Hughes

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Our ability to find humor in the world, to make connections between previously unconnected notions, to create new ideas, to share in a common culture: All these essentially human acts depend on memory. – Joshua Foer

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I liked the premise of this material. I love the marriage relationship. They kind of keep each other honest, and they enjoy each others sense of humor. Kind of a sexy but boring relationship. – Patricia Arquette

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