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A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. – Jessamyn West

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In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her? – Jessamyn West

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Success
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Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. – Jessamyn West

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alone
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Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor. – John Lithgow

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Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss. – Allen Klein

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Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning – its a man or a woman without a sense of humor. – Jonathan Winters

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I try to cope with everything through humor. – Gail Porter

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