E. B. White

E. B. White

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Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.

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The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.

Tags: Revenge, Worship, Naked

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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

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The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.

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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

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Be obscure clearly.

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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

Tags: Life, Power, Success

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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.

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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

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Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.

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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

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