E. B. White Quotes
A writer's style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias...it is the Self escaping into the open.
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I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
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There's one guy who inspired a nation of golfers, and that's Greg Norman. He's been incredible to me and all the great golfers.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and papers in archives or even private homes, looking for the telling phrase or letter that someone else has missed.
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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.
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When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels, to hold back the terrors of the night. Such tales comforted and entertained, diverted and educated those who listened, and helped shape their sense of the world and their place in it.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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It was hard to write or compose... we just had to go back and finish making songs. If we make 20 songs, we'll throw away 10.
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Truth is a tendency.
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If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face.
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I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.
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We did face a lot of adversity at Brevard and our guys did a good job bouncing back. We were playing fullback by committee there so it was a true team win.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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I would say trust your own judgment and develop your own style that is true in your heart and don't be deterred from that. Just develop that something that's unique to you that you feel you can give. Be true to yourself, trust your own judgment; that's all.
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Hollywood style means classic glamour. My reference is the 1940s through the 1960s.
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A writer's style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias...it is the Self escaping into the open.
