Dr. Seuss Quotes
I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
Quotes to Explore
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The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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There's a big link between trains and film. One of the first filmed objects was a train. The clickety-clack of the projector and the clickety-clack of the train are similar. There is the idea of the voyage - every voyage is a story. I wonder if film would have been invented without the train.
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I was reading scripts, doing coverage, for CAA. Reading hundreds and hundreds of scripts across the board, from blind submissions to 'Brokeback Mountain'. It was not always a pleasant task but something, in hindsight, I'm glad I did.
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Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectual, since the function of stories is to make us both feel and think.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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I'm a big believer in pushing things too far and forcing people to pull you back.
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I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.
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I select a very small number of things to be sceptical about, such as markets, and on these I am hypersceptic. But I want to be fooled by randomness in art. I want the ceremonial of religion; we are made for it.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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We are such materialists that all our metaphors are going to be material.
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We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.
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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.
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And their conviction is that if it is done with that kind of purity it will go somewhere. I believe that with all my heart, but I'm not responsible for its going somewhere.
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Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief.
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My mum didn't really let me watch TV until I was about 5 years old.
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I have heard repeated stories of meth users leaving their children unattended for days as they cook, use and then sleep off the intense effects of methamphetamine.
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All essential knowledge relates to existence, or only such knowledge as has an essential relationship to existence is essential knowledge.
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I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
