E. B. White Quotes
"What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable. "I don't see why you say a web is a miracle--it's just a web."
Quotes to Explore
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
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It's true: a lot of sportspeople really struggle to find something to do when they finish. It tips them into all sorts of strange things. With ex-footballers, it's really scary. I think 70% of them get divorced within five years. It's hard. You go from being really famous to not that famous. Your salary drops through the floor.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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Being brave enough to just be unapologetic for who you are, that's a goddess.
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Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
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If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.
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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
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I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
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I loved Stanford and symbolic systems. For me, I came to Stanford assuming I would be a doctor and got really deep into chemistry and biology, but I noticed everyone who was on the same track as me was taking the exact same classes. I wanted to do something more unique.
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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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It’s not just about beauty standards. It also really translates to socioeconomic status for women in many developing countries across the world
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Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it. From beginning to end, whether it's writing a song, or playing guitar, or a particular chord sequence, or blowing a horn, it's based on improvisation and spontaneity.
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I suppose what happened is that I spent my whole life wanting to be cool but eventually came to recognise the mechanism of how coolness works. So it's not really that I don't want to be cool anymore - it's more like I've come to realise that coolness doesn't exist the way I once assumed.
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"What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable. "I don't see why you say a web is a miracle--it's just a web."
