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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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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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Fear
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James Thurber
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Comedy has to be done en clair. You cant blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. – James Thurber

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famous
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Back in 2004, Kellie Overbey handed me her play Girl Talk to read. I fell in love with her brutally delicious humor and the fearlessly deft way in which she drew her characters. They jumped off the page and begged me to give them a space in which to stomp around. – Carrie Preston

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Humor

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. – William Arthur Ward

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Humor

My humor tends to be a little more edgy than is appropriate for Twilight, although I got some in there. That was fun! Theres just a tonal difference. For me, storytelling is storytelling. But, I do like writing for grown ups. – Melissa Rosenberg

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Humor

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks they are the summits of ranges. – Thomas W. Higginson

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Humor

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I always feel like the arts there and I just see it, so its not really a lot of work. – Damien Hirst

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Art

The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan. – Alan Price

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Failure

If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage. – George Carey

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Marriage

Patch grief with proverbs; make misfortune drunk… – William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, c.1598

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