E. B. White Quotes
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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There's always merit to having a debate.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
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I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure.
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I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
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As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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It's nice to work with your own alma mater.
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One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.
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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.
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Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way.
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Unfortunately, celebrity is a powerful thing. It can influence people, but if it can influence people in a good way, then that's a great thing.
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It seems a shallow observation, but… the Tory Conference are not an attractive lot, are they? I mean, if all those people were born in the same village, you'd blame pollution, wouldn't you?
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Of his new book, Don says: “It might be the greatest book ever written. I don’t think anybody is going to read a book again after they read my new one. I think God is proud of me. I am going to make a killing off this thing and I’m going to use the money to go to space.
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I must end it. There is no hope. I will be at peace. No one had anything to do with it. My decision totally.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
