E. B. White Quotes
I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty—everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?
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Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced, have someone else mix it, or they'll have someone else master the record. Inevitably, it's like somebody else's personality being put into your art.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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War diminishes both civil and economic rights.
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
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I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
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Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking.
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The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I love doing every role I do!
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I would much prefer to be overseas in a covert capacity working on issues, but that is hypothetical. That is no longer open to me. So if I can use my voice in this manner, and talk about something that I care about, then I feel fortunate.
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Every experience that you have is important.
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I exist in a world that's pretty gruesome. All I can tell you is this: I'm trying to keep my balance.
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Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success.
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I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty—everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?
