#cal

Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels. ↗

— John Selden

#call #heels #his #man #tis

I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical. ↗

— Tom Selleck

#had #i #puritanical #really #strong

When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#aimed #also #award #bangladesh #basic

The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#also #college #community #most #politically

I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#buff #classical #classical music #designer #great

I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#i #into #man #old #old man

I can't believe I've turned into a typical old man. I can't believe it. I was young just minutes ago. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#believe #i #into #just #man

If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#because #children #could #critical #die

Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#another #child #children #dad #did

People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#answer #been #calling #disappointment #hear