"There are two kinds of light - the……" — James Thurber
"There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures."
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98 Quotes by James Thurber
James Thurber has 98 quotes on this site.
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When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.
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Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope…
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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Love is what you've been through with somebody.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and…
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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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More Glare Quotes
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one of 98 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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... but the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity.
— Paulo Coelho
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The magic of purpose and of love in its purest form. Not televison love, with its glare and hollow and…
— Deb Caletti
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I mean, when you think about it, it's 'bombs bursting in air,' 'rocket's red glare,' it's all kinds of -…
— Bill Press
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Our dangers, as it seems to me, are not from the outrageous but from the conforming; not from those who…
— Learned Hand
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Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes.
— Mary Lou Retton
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The city man, in his neon-and-mazda glare, knows nothing of nature's midnight. His electric lamps surround him with synthetic sunshine.…
— Edwin Way Teale
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Every time I set foot on the Bernabeu turf I got the jitters, a kind of anxiety that takes hold…
— Jorge Valdano
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I believe that there is a silver lining in everything, and once you begin to see it, you'll need sunglasses…
— Sophia Amoruso
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Hate-on-the-highway is an institution occupying a high place in our modern civilization....The godawful glares that drivers exchange as they pass…
— H. Allen Smith
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Real Madrid are like a rabbit in the glare of the headlights in the face of Manchester United's attacks. But…
— George Hamilton
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A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble.…
— Andrew X. Pham
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