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James Thurber Quotes
James Thurber
American
Author
Born:
Dec 8
,
1894
Died:
Nov 2
,
1961
Any
Man
Men
Think
Women
You
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Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen!
James Thurber
Seen
Trouble
Consolation
Dreamed
Only
Small
Nobody
Blind
Knows
Enjoyed
Last
Night
Last Night
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
James Thurber
Comedy
Libel
Rules
Those
Only
Limitations
Taste
Tolerate
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
Success
Smile
Home
Quality
Comedy
Laughter
Important
Appreciative
Unless
Chuckle
Mirth
Takes
Feels
Audience
Understood
Cannot
Warmth
Created
Among
Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband).
James Thurber
Man
Husband
Situation
Prestige
Ability
Menace
Poise
Never
Sophistication
Involving
Bed
Gracefully
Formidable
Might
Butler
Cope
Presence
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