All Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes
A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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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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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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Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
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When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
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The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.
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Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
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When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.
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The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
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I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.
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For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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