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Inside all of us is... hope. Inside all of us is... fear. Inside all of us is... adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing.

Maurice Sendak

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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
Artist
Cartoonist
Graphic Designer
Illustrator
Painter
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Maurice Bernard Sendak
Inside
Hope
Fear
Thing
Wild
Adventure

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Venturing back further, learning is so slow. Accomplishment is so slow. Experiencing and evaluating your experience is so slow.
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I'm not jaded. I never have been jaded. I've always been surprised at my success. I've always enjoyed it.
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It is such an abundance of idiocy that you lose courage. That you lose hope. I don't want to lose hope. I get through every day. I'm pretty good. I work. I sleep. I sing. I walk.
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I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.
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Why is my needle stuck in childhood? I don't know why. I guess it's because that's where my heart is.
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Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys, and women more than men.
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I wish you all good things. Live your life, live your life, live your life.
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I'm totally crazy, I know that.
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You can start making up any kind of story if you want to.
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I had a brother who was my savior, made my childhood bearable.
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I stress character, character, character.
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Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown... There's something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it's hard to take him seriously.
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