Maurice Sendak Quotes

My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony.

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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The great pleasure that comes from reading poets such as Mark Doty and Marianne Moore is the realisation that the essential virtues - compassion, wonder, humility, respect for the mysterious - are far from conventionally heroic.

John Burnside

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It is easy to go vegan in Palestine, which is where I quit eating food with a face. The vegetables and spices are one of a kind, and you don't even miss the meat.

Maysoon Zayid

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Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, he's just such a nice guy. Tony's an awesome guy too, but back then, he was a real aggressive kid and they were in such a different place. Stacy was so sensitive and at the same time so competitive when it came to his skating.

John Robinson

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Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history.

John Polkinghorne

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The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world.

Stephen Hawking

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New York has more hermits than will be found in all the forests, mountains and deserts of the United States.

Simeon Strunsky

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Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit.

Liv Ullmann

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My earliest political memory is of attending, in 1975, a tub-thumping campaign rally with my father in Adelaide.

Julia Gillard

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Working with limited resources is an excellent way to hone skills that will serve you well for the rest of your career. You will prioritize profitability from the start.

Jon Oringer

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I once aged 90 years old in one episode.

DeForest Kelley

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I do have a lucky pair of underwear.

Brendan Fehr

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What makes us love a character is a character that tries.

Annette Bening

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