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" I meant what I said and I said what I meant. "
Dr. Seuss
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" I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me! "
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" Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. "
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" I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. "
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" The main problem with writing in verse is, if your fourth line doesn't come out right, you've got to throw four lines away and figure out a whole new way to attack the problem. So the mortality rate is terrific. "
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" I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again. "
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" Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. "
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" Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. "
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" A person's a person, no matter how small. "
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" Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books I'd read were dull... In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might. "
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" The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop. "
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" Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books. "
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Always
Book
" Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. "
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" Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.' "
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" Only you can control your future. "
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" Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. "
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" Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child. "
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Sometimes
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You
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" Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. "
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