Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Life is God's novel. Let him write it.
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People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.
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The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
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The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.
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We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
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There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
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If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.
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We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
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We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.
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For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
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When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.
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The waste basket is the writer's best friend.
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A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
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I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.
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When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
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I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.