E. B. White Quotes
In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to exhibit an harmonious design or an inspirational tone.
Quotes to Explore
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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Excitement in education and student productivity, the ability to get a result that you want from students, go together and cannot be separated.
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I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
Garry Kasparov -
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
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I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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We all want to be the sexy girl.
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I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.
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I have disassociated myself from that book.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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Prayer is man's greatest power!
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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Slavery existed all over the world. The Egyptians had slaves. The Chinese had slaves. The Africans did. American Indians had slaves long before Columbus. And tragically, slavery continues today in many countries. What's uniquely Western is the abolition of slavery. And what's uniquely American is the fighting of a great war to end it.
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Like, I want the world to be better! All I want is positive! All I want is dopeness! Why would you want to control that?
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The most important thing is God's blessing and if you believe in God and you believe in yourself, you have nothing to worry about.
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In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to exhibit an harmonious design or an inspirational tone.
