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Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Age: 87 †
Born: 1904
Born: July 14
Died: 1991
Died: July 24
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If there would come a voice from God saying, 'I'm against vegetarianism!' I would say, 'Well, I am for it!' This is how strongly I feel in this regard.
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Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.
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Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
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While facts never become obsolete or stale, commentaries always do.
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They still believe in God, the family, angels, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other obsolete stuff.
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