Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes
Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes
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A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises.
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Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
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Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.
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For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
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I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.
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I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
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Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
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Life is God's novel. Let him write it.
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Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
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Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
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Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
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People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment.
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
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The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.
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The waste basket is the writer's best friend.
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The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.
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There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would say we only have learnt a very, very small part of what it can do.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
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We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
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When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.
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When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
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