E. B. White Quotes
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men.
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I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
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I hadn't thought that women were particularly dangerous golfers. Could that be the reason that the Augusta National Golf club refuses to take down its 'No Women Allowed' sign?
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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With what reason canst thou expect that thy children should follow thy good instructions, when thou thyself givest them an ill example? Thou dost but as it were beckon to them with thy head, and shew them the way to heaven by thy good counsel, but thou takest them by the hand and leadest them in the way to hell by thy contrary example.
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Unfortunately, I don't have much free time.
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We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a religious civil war breaks out and the neighboring states are drawn into this conflict, if the Kurds declare independence and al-Qaida takes over an entire province - that's when the consequences will be dramatic.
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There is no need to pose for anything - you just walk straight and strong and be clear. We are all born with unique characteristics and we have to stick to that. Yes, use the tools to enhance it, but we shouldn't be hiding behind them. That's what style is about.
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The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
