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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 story of Harold Ross, the New Yorker and me is a mere footnote to the story of our time, and we might as well face the truth that to researchers of the future, poking about among the ruins of time, we shall all be tiny glitters. But then, so are diamonds. – James Thurber

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Jewelry
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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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Dignity
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Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost. – James Thurber

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Humor
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Other Quotes from
Psychology
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To be too conscious is an illness — a real thoroughgoing illness. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Psychology

Handwriting is autobiography. – Carrie Latet

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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

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all. – Voltaire

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Psychology

Random Quotes

Whereas with us – what you hear is whats happening right then and there on the stage – so we dont need no stinking technology. – James Young

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Technology

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Oceans

I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. Its a really amazing thing to be able to do. – Jonathan Demme

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amazing

Im thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldnt still be here if it werent for them. – Billy Graham

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thankful