Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
E. B. WHITEA writer’s style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias…it is the Self escaping into the open.
More E. B. White Quotes
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The 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.
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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
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In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.
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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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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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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer… He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
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Extreme cold when it first arrives seems to generate cheerfulness and sociability. For a few hours all life’s dubious problems are dropped in favor of the clear and congenial task of keeping alive.
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Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty-everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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