James Thurber Quotes
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
Quotes to Explore
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
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Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
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I don't eat any dairy products at all, usually - it's a self-imposed ban. I've done it for a year now, since I was ill, but it's so hard.
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My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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I don't accept any money, free products, or anything else of value from the companies whose products I cover or from their public relations or advertising agencies.
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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that I want to write about.
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When I got to Florida, I was a British kid, but I was also an Indian kid: a brown kid with an English accent. Talk about being an outsider. And that's become the theme of a lot of the stuff I write about.
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I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
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Dirk Nowitzki has been my hero for many years.
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Faith can make no appeal to reason or the fitness of things; its appeal is to the Word of God, and whatever is therein revealed, faith accepts as true.
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Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did.
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In 'Who's Who,' my hobbies are listed as eating, sleeping, and voicing one's opinion. Not necessarily the right opinion, but it's mine.
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Strive for extraordinary, don't moan, and sleep when you're dead.
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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
