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Quote by James Thurber
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illumines, and the gl

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

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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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James Thurber
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The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it. – James Thurber

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Home
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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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Light
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I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light. – Sir Isaac Newton

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Light

Its not necessary to blow out your neighbors light to let your own shine. – M. R. Dehaan

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Light

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! – John Muir, The Mountains of California

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Light

God presents Himself in the light; He also conceals Himself by the light—just as we present ourselves in our garments and conceal ourselves by our garments. – John Pulsford

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Light

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I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. – Robert Frost

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Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. – James Beattie

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I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength! – Betty White

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strength

How wonderfully these pictures have caught the look of tentative spring—spring waiting for a single day to burst into living green. – Alice Morse Earle, “In Lilac Tide,” Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth, 1901

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