Dr. Seuss Quotes
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No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.
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You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You begin to move toward others in love. God moved toward you in gracious, outgoing love, and you move toward others in that same outgoing love.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and that all church property shall bear its own proportion of taxation.
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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
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Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.
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I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to write better. It's a dance between you, your characters, and your editor.
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In this part of the world, Jews and Arabs will live together forever.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term.
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All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some reason. My diaries were written in this voice, and since this story is autobiographical, it just felt like a natural extension.
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I love food and I love ingredients and I love reading recipes. It's just a great pleasure.
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Another day goes byStill the children cryPut a little love in your heart.
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Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
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There are so many great players walking the planet but it is rare to find musicians that can live life together in a way that isn't ego centric. For whatever reason, musicians are just bizarrely composed humans. I think I'm living in the middle of a miracle.
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I'll be out shopping, and all it takes is for one person to recognise me and it can get scary.
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I wanted to move away from Holland for my work because I felt that things would be better for me in England. But when I heard Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures', that pushed me towards making the move and making it real. I met them within 12 days of moving to England.
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I really don't know the Chicago School. You see, I never walk. I always take taxis back and forth to work. I rarely see the city.
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I am not a consecutive writer.
