Jack Prelutsky Quotes
I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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Theo van Doesburg wanted to teach in the Bauhaus in 1922. I refused, however, to appoint him since I considered him to be too aggressive and too rigidly theoretical: he would have wrought havoc in the Bauhaus through his fanatic attitude, which ran counter to my own broader approach.
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I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful wife, brilliant students, the best job anyone could hope for, and about half of my hair. Not the half I would have kept, but no one consulted me.
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
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I was very much in love with my mother. She was a very warm and a very cold woman. When she was warm, I tried to come close to her. But she could be very cold and rejecting.
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I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.
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I realize how myself and other people have started to almost fool ourselves that it's more important to us and more real than the real world, the offline world, and we value looking at our phone and pixels on a screen more than connecting eye to eye with a human being, which is terrifying to me because we're becoming robots.
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I think people should have fun. And don't get so down on yourself. Enjoy life and be the best person you can be.
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You try to be young, maybe you like to have a few toys, but it's not the most important thing in life.
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I got a lot of publicity, but it steamrolled. Event organizers weren't used to that kind of behavior, so later, they tightened the rules.
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I think it is very good for the country, for the world, and especially for the Democrats that Harry Reid is retiring.
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Just because you're in the missionary position don't make you no missionary.
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I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.
