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Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
James Thurber
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James Thurber
Age: 66 †
Born: 1894
Born: December 18
Died: 1961
Died: November 2
Autobiographer
Cartoonist
Drawer
Humorist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Writer
Columbus
Ohio
James Grover Thurber
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Don't get it right, just get it written.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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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.
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American girls often marry someone they can't stand to spite someone they can.
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A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.
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Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Remember laughter. You'll need it even in the blessed isles of Ever After.
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It was Lisa, aged five, whose mother asked her to thank my wife for the peas we had sent them from our garden. 'I thought the peas were awful, I wish you and Mrs. Thurber were dead, and I hate trees,' said Lisa.
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