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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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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. – James Thurber

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Truth
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. – 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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Roosevelts humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure. – Emanuel Celler

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A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles. – Mignon McLaughlin

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Humor

With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor. – Patrick Wilson

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Humor

A lot of stars dont have a sense of humor. – Kathy Griffin

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Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person. – Ethel Watts Mumford

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Your mind is a constant traffic of thoughts, and it is always rush hour, day in, day out. Meditation means to watch the movement of thoughts in the mind. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? – Patrick Henry

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Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run. – George Bernard Shaw

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