Maurice Sendak Quotes
To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.
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I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.
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Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches me go deeper than what pose to make or what my good side is.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.
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I've never eaten just a few bites of things I liked in my life.
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I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.
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It might be asked, 'How much time shall I allow myself for rest?' The answer is that no rule of universal application can be given, as all persons do not require the same measure of sleep, and also the same persons, at different times, according to the strength or weakness of their body, may require more or less.
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The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.
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Teachers have the hardest and most important jobs in America. They're building our nation. And we should appreciate them, respect them, and pay them well.
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To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time.
