E. B. White Quotes
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One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.
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I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic.
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Qatar has funded and helped arm ISIS. They also, as we all know, fund Hamas. That's got to stop. And we've got to use our pressure against that country to knock that stuff off.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
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I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.
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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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You know when you see those guys and their sideburns are just a little too high? You don't need to have sideburns, but don't have to have them right above the ear. I knew a guy that did that in high school and I was like, 'What are you doing? Just let them down a little.'
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For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
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You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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The future is no more uncertain than the present.
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Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.
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One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.
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I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.
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I'm not crazy. But I am different. I'm still learning about myself.
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If God be an infinite being, there cannot be, either in the present or future world, any relative proportion between man and his God. Thus, the idea of God can never enter the human mind.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
