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" I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel. "

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" You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child. "

" I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments. "

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" From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere. "

" A person's a person, no matter how small. "

" The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. "

" You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. "

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" Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. "

" Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" When at last we are sure, You've been properly pilled, Then a few paper forms, Must be properly filled. So that you and your heirs, May be properly billed. "

" Sometimes, when I see my granddaughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child. "

" You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go. "

" 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. "

" Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. "

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" Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. "