E. B. White Quotes
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I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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I'm always about, 'What is the most productive version of what I'm putting into the world?' Something that can be engaged by all folks. I don't have to change everyone.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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I've been influenced by some of the greatest designers. Charles Eames. And Bruno Munari in the '50s in Italy - when they had to retool the industry of war into an industry to help society. In a way, I'm influenced by designers that were there at a radical time of change.
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I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will after a period of time become a strong opposition party.
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I definitely had a hard time leaving for college because I'm not much of a risk-taker.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.
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I suppose I flee to life. I'm most interested when conversations become difficult.
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I've done a lot of things that I regret.
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There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything we can into the final few weeks of preparations before the Olympic Games, where I am aiming to race well, work well through the rounds, post good times and maybe even a personal best time on the biggest stage of them all.
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I've always felt that my life's been at the right place at the right time; I feel like there's been some really dull moments, really high moments, really low moments, but it's always felt like everything's moved in the right direction; it always feels great, and everything feels right.
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Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.
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By the time I arrived for my freshman year at Swarthmore College in 1979, I had already had many seizures, although my family, friends and I did not know it.
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I started doing flats because women would always apologize for wearing them when they met me, as if they had to be in heels when meeting a shoe designer.
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As boys should be educated with temperance, so the first greatest lesson that should be taught them is to admire frugality. It is by the exercise of this virtue alone they can ever expect to be useful members of society.
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There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne, the great master swordsman and brilliant stunt double.
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It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
