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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are runn

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. – James Thurber

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Comedy has to be done en clair. You cant blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. – James Thurber

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famous
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My opposition To Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. – James Thurber

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Interviews
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Its a na?ve domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think youll be amused by its presumption. – James Thurber

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Wine
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I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I dont know one who wouldnt fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink. – George Jean Nathan

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An artist neednt be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. – Vincent Van Gogh

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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. – Henry David Thoreau

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Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. – Lord Byron

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A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong. – Stella Adler

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Man simply cannot live as the time-animal and the art-animal that he is, without history. – Carlton J.H. Hayes

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Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence. – Samuel Butler

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Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information. – Ted Allen

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