E. B. White
E. B. White
Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White was an American writer. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as "Strunk & White". He also wrote books for children, including Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. Charlotte's Web was voted the top children's novel in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, an accomplishment repeated in earlier surveys...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 July 1899
CountryUnited States of America
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I don't solicit money from my employees, ... I indicated earlier that we will not require them to buy fundraising tickets, to sell fundraising tickets or do political work.
If you are going to buy a car from your neighbor down the street, there is a process that goes into that.
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People who would never buy otherwise decide they might as well get in the game.
The Irish made fewer than 20 deals. But the prices of the deals are astounding. They're buying the most expensive properties.
I guess the real question here is, what is the cost of bond market volatility and what is the cost of the Fed's miscommunication with the market? ... They went out and told everybody to buy bonds and then they cut their legs off.
The big benefit is you're restoring the worn part, as opposed to throwing it away and buying a new one. But another big benefit is that we can do that on-site, instead of in a machine shop.
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The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by. A writer is a gunner, sometimes waiting in the blind for something to come in, sometimes roaming the countryside hoping to scare something up.
Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.
The most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has always separated news from promotion, entertainment from merchandising. The advertiser has assumed the role of originator, and the performer has gradually been eased into the role of peddler.