1,140 Quotes by E. B. White

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    The 28-day shuffle is just one example of the tenant rights violations facing low-income tenants.

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    The world likes humor, but it treats it patronizingly. It decorates its serious artists with laurel, and its wags with Brussels sprouts.

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    Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer-he bides his time, waits for the perfect wave on which to ride in. Delay is instinctive with him. He waits for the surge (of emotion? of strength? of courage?) that will carry him along.

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    It's a great cost-cutting story right now. You've got very good management, excellent links into the consumer. And they've been there with the electronic banking for a long, long while. So, that's one that we definitely would be accumulating at these prices.

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    She's every coach's dream. She's competitive. She's smart. She works hard. I couldn't ask for anything more from her.

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    You have to let go of the bad memories as well as the good ones. It made me sick, but beating myself up about it isn't going to do me or anybody else in here any good. That's why I have to move on.

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    There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to write clearly, no key that unlocks the door, no inflexible rules by which the young writer may steer his course. He will often find himself steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion.

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    Our ambition for this event is great. We want this regional arts event known all across our country.

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    That was a train wreck we saw in New Orleans, ... But if we can have a national plan that would address the search and rescue at this magnitude, (that) is what we're out to try to do.

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