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The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that, perhaps, is what makes him different from others.
Leo Rosten
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Leo Rosten
Age: 88 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 1
Died: 1997
Died: January 1
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I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
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A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.
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Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.
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The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which stated that bagels would be given as a gift to any woman in childbirth.
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The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.
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If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.
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You understand people better if you look at them-no matter how old or impressive or important they may be-as if they were children. For most men never mature they simply grow taller.
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Her cooking suggested she had attended the Cordon Noir.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy, the purpose of life is to matter.
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You can learn much about life from a checker game: surrender one to take two don't make two moves at one time move up, not down and when you reach the top, you may move as you like.
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Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
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Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.
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Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precious.
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Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder and pain? … The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.
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O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales.
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Satire is focused bitterness.
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Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.
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