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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

Other quotes by James Thurber

Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor. – James Thurber

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Sight
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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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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unseasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night. – James Thurber

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Psychology
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Other Quotes from
Humor
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Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. Its unbridled, its unplanned, its full of suprises. – Erma Bombeck

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Humor

Colombian humor is very black, very sarcastic. – Barbet Schroeder

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Humor

I dont think its possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor. – Christopher Hitchens

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Humor

I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them. – Vera Farmiga

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Humor

Random Quotes

The worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Tooth Fairy

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Money

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. – H. L. Mencken

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Experience

I have no problem going on record with this and probably have gone on record with this before, there arent that many people who I respect. There just arent. – Marc Jacobs

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respect