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E. B. White
Age: 86 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 11
Died: 1985
Died: October 1
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I believe television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond the range of our vision, we shall discover a new and unbearable disturbance of the modern peace, or a saving radiance in the sky. We shall stand or fall by television - of that I am quite sure.
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As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly and unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost.
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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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Geese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and false accusations.
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I seldom went to bed before two or three o'clock in the morning, on the theory that if anything of interest were to happen to a young man it would almost certainly happen late at night.
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You're terrific as far as I am concerned.
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There is no trick to it. If you like to write and want to write, you write, no matter where you are or what else you are doing or whether anyone pays any heed.
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Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.
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Humour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat.
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When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
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Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays
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Books are the door of escape from the forest.
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It sometimes takes days, even weeks, before a dog's nerves tire. In the case of terriers it can run into months.
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Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to say, should simply say it.
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... with men it's rush, rush, rush, every minute. I'm glad I'm a sedentary spider. What does sedentary mean? asked Wilbur. Means I sit still a good part of the time and don't go wandering all over creation. I know a good thing when I see it, and my web is a good thing. I stay put and wait for what comes. Gives me a chance to think.
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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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All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
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A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.
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Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
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A writer should concern himself with whatever absorbs his fancy, stirs his heart, and unlimbers his typewriter. ... A writer has the duty to be good, not lousy: true, not false lively, not dull accurate, not full of error. He should tend to lift people up, not lower them down.
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