Dr. Seuss Quotes - Page 8

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• And when you're alone there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

  Dr. Seuss

  Scare, Goes On, Want

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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• Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know, go ask your dad.

  Dr. Seuss

  Dad, Glad, Knows

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• A Wasn’t just isn't. He just isn't present. But you… You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant!

  Dr. Seuss

  Pleasant, Children's Literature

  Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Happy Birthday To You!”

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• If you want to catch beasts you don't see every day, You have to go places quite out of the way, You have to go places no others can get to. You have to get cold and you have too get wet, too.

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  Want, Way, Cold

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• Things may happen and often do to people as brainy and footsy as you

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, People, Places You Go

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• It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall shouldn't be there at all.

  Dr. Seuss

  Wall, Shoes

  Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg (1974). “Wacky Wednesday”, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subject near the predicate. We throw in as many fresh words we can get away with. Simple, short sentences don't always work. You have to do tricks with pacing, alternate long sentences with short, to keep it vital and alive.... Virtually every page is a cliffhanger--you've got to force them to turn it."~

  Dr. Seuss

  Writing, Mean, Simple

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• [A]s you partake of the world's bill of fare,
  that's darned good advice to follow.
  Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.
  And be careful what you swallow.

  Dr. Seuss

  Air, Advice, Hot

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• Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.

  Dr. Seuss

  Friday, Uncles, Night

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• You are the guy who'll decide where to go.

  Dr. Seuss

  Graduation, Encouraging, Being Single

  Dr. Seuss (2017). “Oh, The Places You’ll Go”, p.7, HarperCollins UK

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• Here are some who like to run. They run for fun in the hot, hot sun.

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  Running, Fun, Endurance

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• I look at the world through the wrong end of a telescope.

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  Looks, World, Telescopes

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• When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really PLAYED.

  Dr. Seuss

  Work

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• I tend to basically exaggerate in life, and in writing, it's fine to exaggerate. I really enjoy overstating for the purpose of getting a laugh. For another thing, writing is easier than digging ditches. Well, actually, that's an exaggeration. It isn't.

  Dr. Seuss

  Writing, Laughing, Digging

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• Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air.

  Dr. Seuss

  Air, Giving, Water

  The Lorax (1971)

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• If you'd never been born, then you might be an Isn't! An Isn't has no fun at all. No, he disn't.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Being Yourself, Fun

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• Big Z, little Z, what begins with Z? I do. I'm a zizzer zazzer zuzz, as you can plainly see.

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  Littles, Bigs

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• How true, how true" said the Sour Kangaroo, "And from now on, you know what I'm gonna do? I'm going to protect them with you!" And the Young Kangaroo in her pouch said "Me too!

  Dr. Seuss

  Kangaroos, Said, Sour

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• Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise.

  Dr. Seuss

  Country, Children, Reading

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• Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say.

  Dr. Seuss

  Trying, Ham, May

  Song: Green Eggs and Ham

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• I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.

  Dr. Seuss

  Character, Cutting, Drawing

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish!

  Dr. Seuss

  Blue, Two, Red

  Dr. Seuss (2017). “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”, HarperCollins UK

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• And what happened then? Well, in Whoville they say that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day

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  Heart, Three, Size

  Dr. Seuss (1995). “Six by Seuss”, Prop Pub Juv

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• I meant no harm I most truly did not, but I had to grow bigger so bigger I got. I biggered my factory, I biggered my roads, I biggered the wagons, I biggered the loads, of the Thneeds I shipped out I was shipping them forth from the South, to the East, to the West. To the North, I went right on biggering selling more thneeds. And I biggered my money which everyone needs.

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  Selling More, East, Needs

  Dr. Seuss (1995). “Six by Seuss”, Prop Pub Juv

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• This is not good. This is not right. My feet stick out of bed all night. And when I pull them in, oh dear! My head sticks out of bed out here!

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  Night, Feet, Bed

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