E. B. White Quotes
There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
Quotes to Explore
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
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I worked on 'Lonesome Dove' three weeks all together. When I heard they were doing it, I wanted to be involved since I'd read the book.
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It's healthy to have two or three weeks' gap between big releases.
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.
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Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.
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He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.
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Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
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As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
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..there was a certain comfort in surrender.
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I no longer limit myself.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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Sugar crystallizes something in our American soul. It is emblematic of all industrial processes. And of the idea of becoming white. White being equated with pure and 'true': it takes a lot of energy to turn brown things into white things. A lot of pressure.
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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
