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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.
Maurice Sendak
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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
Artist
Cartoonist
Graphic Designer
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Painter
Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Maurice Bernard Sendak
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Oh, please don't go — we'll eat you up — we love you so!
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I've always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent.
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Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys, and women more than men.
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