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."E. B. White
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.
C. L. R. James -
Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
Paracelsus -
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.
Lana Parrilla -
God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
Walt Whitman -
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.
Vince Vaughn
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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.
Gary Lineker -
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.
Haley Bennett -
Being brave enough to just be unapologetic for who you are, that's a goddess.
Banks -
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.
Gary Ackerman -
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.
Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club -
Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
P. J. O'Rourke
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I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.
Laura Amy Schlitz -
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.
Candice Swanepoel -
If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.
Parker Stevenson -
At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
Zebulon Pike -
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.
Dane Cook -
Michael Jackson and I talk all the time. I think we understand each other in a way that most people can't understand either of us.
Macaulay Culkin
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I don't put the focus on things that don't matter.
Alessia Cara -
There are always parts of me that come out in the characters that I play - it's the only thing I have to work with and to draw off of.
Aubrey Plaza -
I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.
Abraham Lincoln -
By the fall of 2007, my last remaining Iraqi friend in Baghdad had left. Once he was gone, my connection to the country and the war began to thin, even as the terror diminished. I missed the improvement that came with the surge, and so, in my nervous system, I never quite registered it.
George Packer -
Conflict exists only when there are two opposing things: fear and non-fear,violence and non-violence.
Jiddu Krishnamurti -
"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."
E. B. White