Quote by James Thurber
There are two kinds of light — the glow that illuminates, an

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

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From one casual of mine he picked this sentence. After dinner, the men moved into the living room. I explained to the professor that this was Rosss way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up. There must, as we know, be a comma after every move, made by men, on this earth. – James Thurber

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

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I may be justifying my pockets of chaos, but I will always choose people over perfection and the heart over task and tidy. – Betsy Cañas Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com (2009 tweet, @wildthyme)

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Wise Words

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. – Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

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Wise Words

No useful man has time to go back and rub out his unfortunate foot prints. – Author unknown, from Dallas-Galveston News, c.1894

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Work hard, enrobe yourself in velvet hope, and rule your world! – Terri Guillemets

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Wise Words

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Big mouthfuls often choke. – Italian Proverb

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My parents started a business out of the living room of our home and, 30-plus years later, it was a multimillion dollar company. So, President Obama, with all due respect, dont tell me that my parents didnt build their business. – Nikki Haley

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Ive had a very interesting career. I get to do amazing things and work with amazing people and travel and learn languages – things most people dont get the opportunity to do. – Gwyneth Paltrow

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My greatest fear: repetition. – Max Frisch

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