E. B. White Quotes
The essayist … can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or his subject matter - philosopher, scold, jester, raconteur, confidant, pundit, devil's advocate, enthusiast...
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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I try to keep myself as normal as possible. Stardom is transient. People forget you after a while.
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I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants.
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For years, I have repeatedly said that Maryland taxpayers were being overtaxed and overcharged.
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I really wanted to be a writer.
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The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.
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Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.
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I want to be known as A.J. Styles, the WWE Superstar that he is, and have amazing matches, make memories - I think that's the goal.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.
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My tools, my medium, include pictures and live actors.
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You question yourself all the time as a footballer. You have to focus on the positives.
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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
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A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin.
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I'm still the best Keith Moon-style drummer in the world.
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I work from opposites to opposites, in a way. It's finding one thing and then doing the other from film to film. So maybe after 'I Saw the Devil,' I might do something like 'I Saw the Angel' or perhaps something warm and happy.
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The flip side of success is fear. And fear is the devil. And success is the devil's dope.
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Tim Conway was a little different from the rest. He was always in the back of the studio building something with the prop man, rewriting his lines, or plotting our demise.
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The essayist … can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or his subject matter - philosopher, scold, jester, raconteur, confidant, pundit, devil's advocate, enthusiast...
