Maurice Sendak Quotes
People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice.
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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I have born-again Christians in my family, and they are completely against abortion... Everybody's got to stop being afraid of it real soon. Who's going to do it if a woman's network doesn't? People are going to be dying.
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The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
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When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
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I believe in stopping work and eating lunch.
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My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
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People are going to go where they get characters that they remember.
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Madonna is her own Hollywood studio - a popelike mogul and divine superstar in one. She has a laserlike instinct for publicity, aided by her visual genius for still photography (which none of her legion of imitators has). Unfortunately, her public life has dissolved into a series of staged photo ops.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK.
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So often, we're expected to maintain some sort of standard - that won't get you where you need to go. One of the most daring things I've done is drop out of graduate school. I had no job, but something inside me was saying, 'Go! Be in the world!' I had to listen to myself, and it worked out. I still think, 'Who was that girl?'
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Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways?
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When your mother gives you confidence about anything that you do, you carry that confidence with you.
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I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don't need high minded talk, they need results.
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When I'm content with nothing is when I'm content with everything.
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People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice.
