Maurice Sendak Quotes

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that.

Maurice Sendak

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012

Topics

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Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

John Burdett

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But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity.

John Abizaid

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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Some people, no matter how robust their stock portfolios or how healthy their children, are always mentally preparing for doom. They are just born worriers, their brains forever anticipating the dropping of some dreaded other shoe.

Robin Marantz Henig

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Sometimes I think they should set up an asylum for people like that... a whole slew of paparazzi defending their positions.

Robin Wright

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A plant-based diet has actually simplified my life in so many ways. For breakfast, I try to get my first serving of fruits and nuts for fuel. I'm completely addicted to coconut water for the electrolytes and hydration.

Michelle Forbes

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I'm really about body positivity and self-love, and I will definitely push the boundary with a pink midriff-baring top.

Jonathan Van Ness

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Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Christopher Fry

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The habit of doing more than you are paid for can benefit any business that sells a product or service. Learning and understanding the principle of the mastermind philosophy of networking can increase the value of your network and your net worth.

Clay Clark

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We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Winston Churchill

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Napster works because people who love music share and participate.

Shawn Fanning

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It's an awful thing to be aware of your own corruption. I think a lot of people are bound by the particular economic system we work in to serve companies and masters who aren't really telling people what they're doing.

Mark Rylance

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