"E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop."

-- Nicholson Baker

#White Quotes #Sailing Quotes #Maine Quotes

“There is this weird thing that happens, when you stop worrying so much about what other people think of you...you suddenly start seeing what you think of you.”
“The poorest man may, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow though it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England may not enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.”

Source : Speech in House of Commons, ca. March 1763 See Coke 1; Coke 8; Otis 2
“After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.”

Source : "Linda Cardellini’s Return". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 10, 2012.
“I despise computers in many ways. I think theyâ€™re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.”
“What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.”
“A bad marriage is worse than no marriage at all.”
“There is always a gap between conception and execution. We keep writing in the burning hope of closing that gap before we die.”

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