Quote by Maurice Sendak
What I do as best I can is out of a deep respect for children, for

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

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Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I dont know. I dont know. Ive convinced myself – I hope Im right – that children despair of you if you dont tell them the truth. – Maurice Sendak

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I think people should be given a test much like drivers tests as to whether theyre capable of being parents! Its an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. Thats just work thats too hard. – Maurice Sendak

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I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic. – Amy Tan

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I refuse to step inside the ring and fight like a gladiator against my own. Im not playing that game. Any woman who has survived a year or more of making music has my undying respect. – Shirley Manson

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Picasso is a character that has pursued me for a long time and I always rejected. He deserves a lot of respect because I am from Malaga, and I was born four blocks from where he was born. – Antonio Banderas

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Theres one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and – Im going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself – I think most respect me. – Joe Biden

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Im really not interested in other peoples opinions, because I think frankly most of those opinions are either misinformed and adding to this endless ball of hot air we have in our society where everyone thinks their opinion is valuable and sacred and what counts. – H. G. Bissinger

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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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