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There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
-- James Thurber⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Light
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Rosemary "Rosie" Adams Thurber -- James Thurber's only child, founder of Thurber House, and guardian of her legendary father's legacy -- dies at 94
https://www.starksfamilyfh.com/obituaries/Rosemary-Rosie-Adams-Thurber?obId=48712344
#news #deaths #books #humor #JamesThurber #whodied #rip #obits #obituaries #RestInParadise #vsn #SupportIndependentMedia
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people -- that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
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@anna I was more wilfully obscure in my willful and obscure thesis and quoted #JamesThurber:
"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers".
Which I stand by to this day...
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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A quotation from James Thurber
By definition, humor is gentle. The savage, the cruel, the harsh would fall under the heading of wit and/or satire, as the lawyers say. Now, my definitions are these: The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people — that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
James Thurber (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
Interview (1959-03-24) by Edward R. Murrow, Small World, CBS-TVMore about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82802/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #humannature #humor #humorist #mockery #satire #selfmockery #senseofhumor #verbalabuse #wit
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A quotation from James Thurber
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
James Thurber (1894-1961) American humorist, cartoonist, writer
Letter (1961-07-05) to Marianna BrownMore about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82800/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #future #lookingahead #lookingback #past #prediction #present #prognostication #today #tomorrow #yesterday
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A quotation from James Thurber
America must learn that humor, whatever form it may take, can be one of our strongest allies, but it cannot flourish in a weather of fear and hysteria and intimidation.
James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times MagazineMore about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82660/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #comedy #fear #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #funniness #humor #hysteria #intimidation #senseofhumor
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A quotation from James Thurber
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms — hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times MagazineMore about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82477/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #emotion #laughter #tears #tone
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A quotation from James Thurber
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
James Thurber (1894-1961) American cartoonist and writer
Essay (1958-12-07), “State of the Nation’s Humor: ‘On the Brink of Was,'” New York Times MagazineMore about this quote: wist.info/thurber-james/82297/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jamesthurber #artist #dissent #humor #nation #paranoia #RedScare #suspicion #writer #writing #comedy #censorship
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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
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Reading #jamesthurber in the morning with the kid.
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There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
-- James Thurber⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Light
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Seashells #Everglades #Florida
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. -James Thurber, writer and cartoonist (8 Dec 1894-1961) -
There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
-- James Thurber⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Light
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah
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There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
-- James Thurber⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Light
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico
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Dog plate
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Thurber's Dogs
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Thurber's Dogs
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James Thurber: A Collection of Dogs attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2025/06/james-… #JamesThurber #Dogs
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James Thurber: A Collection of Dogs attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2025/06/james-… #JamesThurber #Dogs
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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
-- James Thurber⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #HumanBeings #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #360panorama #NewMexico
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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
-- James Thurber⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JamesThurber #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people -- that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
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The Library of America's Story of the Week is, of course, a Mother's Day tale from James Thurber: Lavender with a Difference.
#LibraryOfAmerica #MothersDay #JamesThurber
https://storyoftheweek.loa.org/2015/05/lavender-with-difference.html
