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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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Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge. – James Thurber

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Haste, Hurry
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James Thurber
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All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first. – James Thurber

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Hate
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James Thurber
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The reflex is physiology below the collar button. Psychology is physiology above the collar button. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort. – Mason Cooley

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Psychology

The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your own body and get interested in someone else s. – Goodman Ace

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Psychology

Idleness is the parent of psychology. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. – Dee Dee Myers

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