If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. WHITETrust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
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A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
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“What are they, and where are you?” screamed Wilbur. “Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?” “Salutations are greetings,” said the voice. “When I say ‘salutations,’ it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.
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Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
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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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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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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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Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can’t erase it.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.
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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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Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means “sickening to contemplate”; the second means “sick at the stomach.” Do not, therefore, say “I feel nauseous,” unless you are sure you have that effect on others.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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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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