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White, Elwyn Brooks(E. B. White)
Born: 1899 AD
Died: 1985 AD, at 86 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 1985 AD, at 86 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
US author, critic, and humorist
wrote juvenile novels "Stuart Little" 1945, "Charlotte's Web" 1952, "Trumpet of the Swan" 1970
edited revised version of William Strunk's writing manual "The Elements of Style" 1959
recipient of special Pulitzer Prize for lifetime achievement 1978
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- "A"fraternity"is the antithesis of fraternity. The first... is predicated on the idea of exclusion; the second (that is, the abstract thing) is based on a feeling of total equality."
- "A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer.... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring."
- "I believe television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond the range of our vision, we shall discover a new and unbearable disturbance of the modern peace, or a saving radiance in the sky. We shall stand or fall by television - of that I am quite sure."
- "I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor."Never worry about your heart till it stops beating."
- "Writing is both mask and unveiling."
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