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Quote by James Thurber
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 past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybodys guess. – James Thurber

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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. – James Thurber

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Light
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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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Other Quotes from
Psychology
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A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed with oneself, malignant and ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality. – Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave

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Psychology

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

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Psychology

Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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Psychology

Loneliness… is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man. – Thomas Wolfe

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Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to carry it off. – Donald Rumsfeld

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What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions. – Arnold Glasow

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Its very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write it down. I cant wait until morning – itll be gone. – Mary Oliver

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It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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