E. B. White Quotes
Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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There is always pressure in football.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of total numbers and growth.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.
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Sadly, I haven't had a brain cell since I had children.
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The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.
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Fans want real songs, they want real experiences, and they want real instruments.
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
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I do still sit back and wonder when I'm in LA if this is all really true or is it all kid-on. But it's great. I always bear in mind that the right place and time have a huge deal to do with it, and there are hugely talented actors who haven't had that break.
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Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.
