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"Computing machines perhaps can do the work of a dozen ordinary men, but there is no machine that can do the work of one extraordinary man." — E. B. White
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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." — E. B. White
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American Comedian    Desire    Funny   

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"The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind" — E. B. White
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"Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men." — E. B. White
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American Comedian    Funny    Luck   

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"Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts." — E. B. White
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American Comedian    Facts    Funny   

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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." — E. B. White
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American Comedian    Funny    Joy   

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"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it." — E. B. White
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American Comedian    Funny    Humorous   

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"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one" — E. B. White
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Genius   

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"I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens" — E. B. White
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"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority" — E. B. White
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"Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car." — E. B. White
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Automobile    Life   

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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." — E. B. White
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"I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat." — E. B. White
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American Comedian    Funny    Office   

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"A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy" — E. B. White
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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" — E. B. White
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"To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year." — E. B. White
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American Comedian    Funny   

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"To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year" — E. B. White
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Christmas   

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"There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement." — E. B. White
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Agreement    People   

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"Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor" — E. B. White
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"The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is a hoyden we would not care to miss-a drafty wench, her temperature up and down, full of bold promises and dust in the eye." — E. B. White
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"The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it" — E. B. White
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