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Elwyn Brooks White

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

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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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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.

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I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.

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Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.

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All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days.

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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

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Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.

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I will keep – try – to be, like, on a new level every day.

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