"There are 500 reasons I write for children.... Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about the critics.... They don't read to free themselves of guilt, to quench their thirst for rebellion, or to get rid of alienation. They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other such obsolete stuff.... They don't expect their beloved writer to redeem humanity. Young as they are, they know that it is not in his power. Only the adults have such childish illusions."

-- Isaac Bashevis Singer

#Children Quotes #Believe Quotes #Book Quotes

“Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map.”

Source : "A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism". Book by Daniel Byman, p. 170, June 15, 2011.
“That's one of my real goals is to keep theater in my life.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When you're on a boat, 15 nautical miles off the coast and you're with a bunch of fishermen, they don't give two ***** about who you are.”
“I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I just got diagnosed with tendonitis which is such an insulting diagnosis. Just point to my shoulder and say "old."”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“Killed by a man with a switch blade knife, for 43 dollars my friend lost his life.”
“I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected.”
“My father was extremely loving to me and funny and wise and understanding, and at other times extremely demanding, critical, calculating, exacting. When you're a young woman, I think you want to please a lot, so maybe you accept more of the criticism than you would as an older person. But criticism can be very wounding. It certainly was to me.”

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