Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
E. B. WHITEThe city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.
More E. B. White Quotes
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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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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There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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Good deeds never go unpunished.
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An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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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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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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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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Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
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“What’s miraculous about a spider’s web?” said Mrs. Arable. “I don’t see why you say a web is a miracle–it’s just a web.” “Ever try to spin one?” asked Mr. Dorian.
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Life’s meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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