A right is a responsibility in reverse.
E. B. WHITEI am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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Never hurry and never worry!
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Mother: It’s broccoli, dear. — Child: I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.
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Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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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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I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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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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Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
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There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter.
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In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.
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