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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unseasona

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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The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – James Thurber

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The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it. – James Thurber

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To be too conscious is an illness — a real thoroughgoing illness. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Psychology has a long past, but only a short history. – Hermann Ebbinghaus

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Perception is a clash of mind and eye, the eye believing what it sees, the mind seeing what it believes. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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There are cases where psychoanalysis works worse than anything else. But who said that psychoanalysis was to be applied always and everywhere. – C.G. Jung

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An ugly sight, a man who is afraid. – Jean Anouilh

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Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night. – Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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Life excites me-just little, normal, everyday things. Getting out of bed. Getting dressed. Making food. I find it all exciting. – Liv Tyler

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Anyone with sincere religious beliefs cannot say that all religions are true. That is so illogical it is pathetic. All religion cannot be true because some of them are so diametrically opposed to each other. – Josh McDowell

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