Quote by Maurice Sendak
Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of

Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk. – Maurice Sendak

Other quotes by Maurice Sendak

Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys and women more than men. And theres no doubt about that. We just dont like to think about it. Certainly the men dont like to think about it. – Maurice Sendak

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Women
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To get a childs trust – you may know or not – is a very hard thing to do. Theyre so used to not believing adults – because adults tell tales and lies all the time. – Maurice Sendak

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Trust
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I hate those e-books. They can not be the future… they may well be… I will be dead. – Maurice Sendak

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Future
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears. – Anthony Storr

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Happiness

Happiness, to some, elation Is, to others, mere stagnation. – Amy Lowell

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Happiness

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. – Victor Hugo

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Happiness

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. – Stendhal

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Happiness

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Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. – Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard, Comments of Abe Martin and His Neighbors, 1923

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A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason. – Emily Greene Balch

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Science

The irony is that you cant use real rain to make movies. – Greg Kinnear

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movies

I have no ambition in this world but one, and that is to be a fireman. The position may, in the eyes of some, appear to be a lowly one; but we who know the work which the fireman has to do believe that his is a noble calling. Our proudest moment is to save lives. – Edward F. Croker

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