"I grew up to have my father's looks,……" — Jules Feiffer
"I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father."
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17 Quotes by Jules Feiffer
Jules Feiffer has 17 quotes on this site.
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I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I was not poor, I was needy. They told…
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Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence.
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At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I…
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It is not size or age that separates children from adults. It is responsibility.
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Be warned against all 'good' advice because 'good' advice is necessarily 'safe' advice, and though it will undoubtedly follow a…
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Design is important because chaos is so hard.
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We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives.
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Imagination continually frustrates tradition; that is its function.
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Remember when you were a kid and the boys didn't like the girls? Only sissies liked girls? What I'm trying…
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We want playmates we can own.
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I told the doctor I was overtired, anxiety-ridden, compulsively active, constantly depressed, with recurring fits of paranoia. Turns out I'm…
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The weekly cartoons, as were my plays, came from a sense of criticism, criticism of the times, critical of the…
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