Quote by James Thurber
My opposition To Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers

My opposition To Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. – James Thurber

Other quotes by James Thurber

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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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. – James Thurber

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Men
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Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority. – James Thurber

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Interviews
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If, Sir, I possessed the power of conveying unlimited sexual attraction through the potency of my voice, I would not be reduced to accepting a miserable pittance from the BBC for interviewing a faded female in a damp basement. – Gilbert Harding

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Interviews

Never try to look into both eyes at the same time. Switch your gaze from one eye to the other. That signals warmth and sincerity. – Dorothy Sarnoff

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Interviews

Im notorious for giving a bad interview. Im an actor and I cant help but feel Im boring when Im on as myself. – Rock Hudson

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Interviews

The best interviews — like the best biographies — should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race. – Lynn Barber

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Interviews

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Man proposes, woman forecloses. – Minna Antrim

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