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James Thurber

"The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess."

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"The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess."

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Amber Hurdle

"Study the past, if you would divine the future."

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Amber Hurdle

"We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible."

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Amber Hurdle

"We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present."

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Amber Hurdle

"Well, maybe I just want to know the future so I can prepare myself for what's coming. If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise, said the seer. If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur."

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Amber Hurdle

"Books'll be back, Esther-in-Unalaq predicts. "Wait till the power grids start failing in the 2030s and the datavats get erased. It's not far away. The future looks a lot like the past."

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Amber Hurdle

"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."

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Amber Hurdle

"Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door."

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Amber Hurdle

"You are people with a present and with a future. Don't muff the ball. Be excellent."

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Amber Hurdle

"Take control of your future by taking a choice of starting it right now."

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Amber Hurdle

"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."

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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."

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James Thurber
"There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures."

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James Thurber
"Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision."

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James Thurber
"A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense."

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James Thurber
"The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals."

Animals

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James Thurber
"I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness."

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James Thurber
"I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance."

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James Thurber
"My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language."

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James Thurber
"Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen!"

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James Thurber
"I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be 48. That's the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40."

Woman

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