E. B. White Quotes
Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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I just feel so flattered, because the cosplayers really make sure every detail is there. I don't think I've ever cosplayed a character before, but if I were to, I'd probably go as a Klingon from 'Star Trek.'
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a door-way or stuck in a chair.
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I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
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I had $20,000, and I started up JYSK.
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Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
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OKCupid's model is almost entirely based on advertising, which is the way most online media is monetized these days, whether it's the news or whether it's sports, and we think online dating is going to evolve in the exact same way.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
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America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.
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Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement park romp.
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During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset.
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When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.
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The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.
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Cold-turkey deficit reduction would cause a significant recession. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that going headlong over the cliff would cause our gross domestic product, which has been growing at an annual rate of around 2 percent, to fall at a rate of 2.9 percent in the first half of 2013.
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Then I came back and restarted at the UW that fall.
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I'm really enjoying living in Los Angeles. It's a great city to live in. I'm living a very suburban domesticated lifestyle out there - a two bedroomed little bungalow with two cars, and we're just driving around, going to meetings here and there - it's lovely!
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The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.
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Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.
