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 feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.
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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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With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.
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I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961.
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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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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.
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There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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Know or listen to those who know.
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Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being.
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The work-family divide is the biggest issue for American women. But in some ways it's amazing how adjusted society has become to it. In the 1970s, as women began to take more jobs, society was reeling.
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There was this song I was working on called 'Swing.' It was almost finished, but there was something missing, and I couldn't for the life of me figure it out. And then this little piece of information - this little tweet - came to the forefront of my mind.
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Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.
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It is easy to be accurate if you have the freedom to be complicated, and it is very easy to be simple if you have the freedom to shade the truth. What's hard is to be simple and very accurate, and that takes work to figure out what are the simple truths that are going to sustain your case.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
