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A story to me must have some surprise...I must have a passion to write the story.
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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No technological achievements can mitigate the disappointment of modern man, his loneliness, his feeling of inferiority, and his fear of war, revolution and terror. Not only has our generation lost faith in Providence but also in man himself, in his institutions and often in those who are nearest to him.
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If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.
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There is no death. How can there be death if everything is part of the Godhead? The soul never dies and the body is never really alive.
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We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.
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When we're trying to decide whether a leader is a good leader or a bad one, the question to ask is: 'Is he with the Ten Commandments or is he against them?' Then you can determine if the leader is a true messiah or another Stalin.
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Literature has neglected the old and their emotions. The novelists never told us that in love, as in other matters, the young are just beginners and that the art of loving matures with age and experience.
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Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
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The more you see what other people do, the more you learn about yourself.
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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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From borrowing one gets poorer and from work one gets richer.
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The waste basket is the writer's best friend.
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No lepidopterist's collection in the entire world...full if iridescent wings, is worth the life of a single butterfly.
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One can find in the Yiddish tongue and in the Yiddish spirit expressions of pious joy, lust for life, longing for the Messiah, patience and deep appreciation of human individuality.
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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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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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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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When a human being kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice.
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In the history of old Jewish literature there was never any basic difference between the poet and the prophet. Our ancient poetry often became law and a way of life.
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