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Elwyn Brooks White

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

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

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The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.

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

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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

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The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.

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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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A writer is like a bean plant – he has his little day, and then gets stringy.

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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

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When I get drafty cold air in my ears, I would get an earache and get sick. I had to make sure I hustled and stayed well for my shows that I played.

Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so I could have a career if I wanted.

I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.

I didn't particularly like being objectified.

As for my band, well, my mentors were Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford, and no one had a band more smartly dressed than Duke.

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