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James Thurber Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Comedian
Nationality: American
Born: December 8, 1894
Died: November 2, 1961

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Don't get it right, just get it written.
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Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.
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You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Among, Appreciative, Audience, Cannot, Chuckle, Comedy, Created, Home, Important, Laughter, Mirth, Quality, Smile, Success, Understood, Unless, Warmth