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James Thurber Quotes

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: December 8, 1894 - November 2, 1961

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Think You Naive Without I Think Any

I'm a huge Groucho fan. There were some great comic minds that would transfer into any generation, and Groucho is certainly one of them.

Great Generation Minds Transfer Fan

I believe in workers' rights when people are doing a good job.

Good Job People Believe Doing

I was driving to school at Reseda High School - I was a junior, and it was early 1956. I had a '49 Ford. I was listening to the country station, and 'Folsom Prison Blues' comes on... It didn't sound like the stuff I was hearing on the pop stations.

School Listening High School Prison

I received my high school baccalaureate diploma in Latin and Science in 1928, then my two baccalaureate diplomas in Mathematics and Philosophy in 1929.

Science Mathematics School Philosophy

Failure will happen. It's a normal part of the startup process.

Failure Process Will Happen Normal

We strive for greatness.

Greatness Strive

I detest computers. If you had a device like that 30 years ago that froze up constantly, misbehaved constantly, lost your information and screwed up when you needed it the most, it would have been laughable.

Computers You Information Lost Up

The places where I have the nameless character in 'My Name Is Legion' meet his boss are real places I've been to. That works well for tax purposes, writing into my stories the places I've actually visited.

Character Boss Writing Name Meet

When MUDs appeared, that was an entirely novel experience, and often an addictive one. Long before Twitter or Snapchat, MUDs inspired the moral panic of the moment: a 1993 'Wired' article titled 'The Dragon Ate My Homework' described university students losing themselves in these virtual worlds. Keep in mind: they were just words on a screen.

Moment Experience Words Losing Mind

It's something that can get overwhelming and frustrating, the sexism I experience in my career. It's just obviously a big issue in women's sport, like salaries, media coverage, just general things that you have to cope with in your career.

Lizzie Armitstead

Women Experience Media You Career

I always find myself stopping to write down ideas of things I'd like to make from computer hardware items to things new moms need - inventions to share with others to make their lives more fun or interesting or easy.

Myself Fun Ideas Interesting Down

A good sense of humor will get you everywhere.

Good Humor You Sense Of Humor Will

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