E. B. White Quotes
Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together-just the two of you.
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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It's always an honor to represent your country.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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I like being unconventional.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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My mother is a very strange woman... She doesn't understand me in the least and doesn't love me much either. If she had either love or understanding she would be prepared to make sacrifices.
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Do not give sentence in another tribunal till you have been yourself judged in the tribunal of Justice.
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Liberty is the only idea which circulates with the human blood, in all ages, in all countries, and in all literature - liberty that is, and what cannot be separated from liberty, a love of country.
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I told the world one day I would pay it back, say it on tape, lay it, so that one day i could play it back.
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Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together-just the two of you.
