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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and

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

Other quotes by James Thurber

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. – James Thurber

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Age
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James Thurber
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From one casual of mine he picked this sentence. After dinner, the men moved into the living room. I explained to the professor that this was Rosss way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up. There must, as we know, be a comma after every move, made by men, on this earth. – James Thurber

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Grammar
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James Thurber
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Other Quotes from
Humor
category

People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of Southern literature. – Roy Blount, Jr.

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Humor

I dont really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it. – David Steinberg

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Humor

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor. – Eric Sevareid

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Humor

Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothings funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable. – Tom DeLonge

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Humor

Random Quotes

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned. – From the movie The Color of Money

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Gambling

There is a bit of a movement as far as younger people in country music. That is cool because people are saying things like, I didnt listen to country music until so-and-so came along. And Im like, Yeah! Now you know why I love it. – Hunter Hayes

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cool

The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist. – T.H. Huxley, “Evolution and Ethics,” 1893

Category:
Humankind

People break down after a couple of hours. All the defenses go down, and theres a kind of communication that if I spent 20 years in a living room with one of these people, I would never, never know as much about them as I do in that one day. – Lee Grant

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communication