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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 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

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Humor
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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 think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere. – James Thurber

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Women
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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

Idleness is the beginning of all psychology. What? Could it be that psychology is — a vice? – Friedrich Nietzsche, alluding to the proverb “Idleness is the beginning of all v

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Psychology

The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises. – Sigmund Freud

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Psychology

Idleness is the parent of psychology. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Psychology

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Im a real Suzy Homemaker. – Suzy Bogguss

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Home

Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes. – Theodore Dreiser

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Writing

I used to try to draw my girlfriends. I think one of the most romantic things that anybody can do is draw a portrait of the person you love. – Nick Carter

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Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale of all. – Hans Christian Andersen

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