Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E. B. WHITEThere’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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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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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader’s intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.
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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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A schoolchild should be taught grammar-for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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You can dissect a joke just as you can a frog. But it tends to die on you.
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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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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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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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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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You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway?
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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