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 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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In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to what we know and, where we aren't absolutely sure, what might be most likely to have happened, within the generally accepted rules of evidence and sources.
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I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.
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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
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My first real kiss came when I was 10, and it was in an acting class. I had to do a scene from a movie where someone gets kissed under a tree, and I did not want to do it! But my acting partner wanted me to feel comfortable, so he bought a picnic basket with all these snacks. He made such an effort - and it was cute.
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You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
