E. B. White Quotes
Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but the settlers give it passion.
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Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.
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Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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You can't heal what you don't acknowledge.
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Like at home, I don't wear heels. But everywhere else I go, I wear heels.
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A lot of people are surprised to hear that an actor studied for two or three years. They take the craft for granted and wanna just wake up and be an actor.
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I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.
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With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.
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Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
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For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information.
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They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded the nation, the state, the county, and the city with debt.
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Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets.
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I was writing a story, 'The Artistic Career of Corky,' about two young men, Bertie Wooster and his friend Corky, getting into a lot of trouble, and neither of them had brains enough to get out of the trouble. I thought: Well, how can I get them out? And I thought: Suppose one of them had an omniscient valet?
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Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but the settlers give it passion.
