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Maurice Sendak Quotes

What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for how difficult their world is.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Children Respect Best World Deep

I thought I was going to be hired as a contributor, but 'The Daily Show' was like, 'Nah, it's an election year, we want you to come over here and work full-time.'

Jessica Williams

Work Daily Thought Year You Want

I love the Army-Navy surplus store Surplus Value Center. They have really good long underwear and multicolored bandanas, cool camo jackets, and really, really scary-looking knives. If you're into that sort of thing.

Love Good Value Cool Long You

I did a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, and his skill level was eons ahead of mine. It was really more like an abattoir - he just slaughtered my character over and over again.

Character Skill Ahead More Over

Eternal life should be sought elsewhere, perhaps in the religious community, not politics.

Life Community Politics Eternal Life

This nation's 23 million small businesses need a budget that reflects their value to the economy.

Value Small Budget Need Economy

The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they use! It's being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I can't watch it. It turns me off.

Me Language Doing Now Movies Rude

Maybe it's because I came from a small town, but I always did well for myself.

Myself Small Small Town Always Well

It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely.

Life People Insight Real Seem Where

I don't take relationships too seriously, but everyone else seems to. And when you get your heart broken, it's like the end of the world. And I look at it as that was one moment in your life, one chapter. That person helped you grow and figure out what kind of person you want to be with in the future.

Life Future Heart Moment Broken End

The dependence of one people upon another, even for the benefits of legislation, is the deepest source of national weakness.

Thomas Francis Meagher

People Weakness Deepest Legislation

When I was growing up, I was eating fast food every day. I'd drink soda non-stop, candy, just everything. It was horrible. My go-to was McDonald's, for sure.

Food Day Growing Up Eating Every Day

There is no parallel in the history of the world. This mighty subcontinent with all kinds of inhabitants has been brought under a plan which is titanic, unknown, unparalleled. And what is very important with regard to it is that we have achieved it peacefully and by means of an evolution of the greatest possible character.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Character History World Plan Unknown

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