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Isaac Bashevis Singer
American Novelist
Born: Nov 21, 1902
Died: Jul 24, 1991
Also Choice Good Great Life You
Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach
Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Great Knowledge Brainy Ocean Our Island Little
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Man Justice Will Gun Long Those Destroy Weaker He Knife Than Stand Who
We must believe in free will, we have no choice. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Will Free Free Will Believe Must No Choice Choice
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. Isaac Bashevis Singer
People Try Animals Practice Other Say Logic Eaten Prevent Since Also Always Continuing Been According Times Done Often Justification Should Earliest Humans
When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Wisdom You Yourself Somebody Else Betray Also
Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Man Writing Words Seen Single Thinking Sum Sum Total Total His Sentences Even Originality
There is great treasure there behind our skull and this is true about all of us. This little treasure has great, great powers, and I would say we only have learnt a very, very small part of what it can do. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Great Our Say Would About Only Small Small Part Part True Powers Learnt Very Behind Little Us Skull Treasure
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Art Vision Every Chasm Between Ultimate His Experiences Painfully Creator Expression Inner
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Tells He Know His Person Us Actions Thinks
A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Life Me Plot Some Because How Surprise Surprises Where Story Means Full
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Saying Good You Bad Prophet Going Being Good Chance Keep Things Chance
Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Religion Doubt Religious Part Were Thinkers
I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Thankful God Day Word Idea Course Am Prize Story Each Each Day
The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Half Complete Century Twentieth Twentieth Century Flop Second
A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Good Teller Writer Scholar Good Writer Redeemer Story Mankind Basically
The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Character Entertainment Analysis Highest Human
When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Me Liar Writer Call Boy Am Up Little Grown Now Grown-Up
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. Isaac Bashevis Singer
Saying Good You Bad Prophet Going Being Good Chance Keep Things Chance

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