L. Frank Baum Quotes - Page 3

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• Now I know I've got a heart because it is breaking. - Tin Man

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  Heart, Men, Tin

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• You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.

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  Country, College, Numbers

  L Frank Baum (2014). “OZ Complete Collection with illustrated Wizard of Oz”, p.381, Ageless Reads

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• Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it. The great general is only terrible to the enemy; the great poet is frequently scolded by his wife; the children of the great statesman clamber about his knees with perfect trust and impunity; the great actor who is called before the curtain by admiring audiences is often waylaid at the stage door by his creditors.

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  Children, Doors, Perfect

  L. Frank Baum (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)”, p.2783, Delphi Classics

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• The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.

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  Cities, Yellow, Bricks

  TheWonderful Wizard of Oz ch. 2 (1900). The phrase "yellow brick road" does not appear in this book. See Harburg 6

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• We consider a prisoner unfortunate. He is unfortunate in two ways-because he has done something wrong and because he is deprived of his liberty. Therefore we should treat him kindly, because of his misfortune, for otherwise he would become hard and bitter and would not be sorry he had done wrong.

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  Sorry, Two, Liberty

  L. Frank Baum (2013). “Oz, the Complete Collection Volume 3 bind-up: The Patchwork Girl of Oz; Tik-Tok of Oz; The Scarecrow of Oz”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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• When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.

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  Children, Book, Writing

  Personal inscription on a copy of "Mother Goose in Prose", "The Making of the Wizard of Oz", Book by Aljean Harmetz, 1977.

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• I never deal in transformations, for they are not honest, and no respectable sorceress likes to make things appear to be what they are not.

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  Likes, Honest, Transformation

  L. Frank Baum (2013). “The Marvellous Land of Oz”, p.94, Hesperus Press

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• How very wet this water is.

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  Water, Wet

  L. Frank Baum (2013). “Adventures in Oz”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old.

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  Children, Taken, Dwarves

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• “And I,” declared the SawHorse, filling in an awkward pause, “am only remarkable because I can't help it.”

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  Awkward, Helping, Filling

  "The Complete Wizard of Oz Collection".

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• I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

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  Heart, Brain, World

  L. Frank Baum (2012). “The Wizard of Oz”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it -The Scarecrow - The Marvellous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum pg 103 chapter 13

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  Land, Life Is, Unusual

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• Mortals seldom know how greatly they are influenced by fairies, knooks and ryls, who often put thoughts into their heads that only the wise little immortals could have conceived.

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  Wise, Littles, Fairy

  L. Frank Baum (2016). “American Fairy Tales: American Literature”, p.40, VM eBooks

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• Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder-tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.

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  Children, Entertainment, Morality

  BookCaps, L. Frank Baum (2016). “The Complete Wizard of Oz (Includes Encyclopedia of Oz and Biography of L. Frank Baum)”, p.86, BookCaps Study Guides

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• But that isn't right. The King of Beasts shouldn't be a coward,'" said the Scarecrow. 'I know it,' returned the Lion, wiping a tear from his eye with the tip of his tail. 'It is my great sorrow, and makes my life very unhappy. But whenever there is danger, my heart begins to beat fast.' 'Perhaps you have heart disease,' said the Tin Woodman. 'It may be,' said the Lion.

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  Kings, Heart, Eye

  L. Frank Baum (2013). “Oz, the Complete Collection, Volume 1: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; The Marvelous Land of Oz; Ozma of Oz”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven thousand wonders.

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  Age, World, Wonder

  "Julius Caesar: An Appreciation of the Hollywood Production". "The Mercury" Newspaper, June 15, 1916.

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• . . .It is the Law that while Evil, unopposed, may accomplish terrible deeds, the power of Good can never be overthrown when opposed to Evil. . .

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  Law, Evil, Deeds

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• It seems unfortunate that strong people are usually so disagreeable and overbearing that no one cares for them. In fact, to be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune.

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  Strong, People, Facts

  L. Frank Baum (2008). “7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 1 of 2. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy”, p.564, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.

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  Thinking, Want, Longing

  L. Frank Baum (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)”, p.1395, Delphi Classics

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• Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities.

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  Reality, Talking, Imagination

  BookCaps, L. Frank Baum (2016). “The Complete Wizard of Oz (Includes Encyclopedia of Oz and Biography of L. Frank Baum)”, p.1645, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Flowers are beautiful, for instance, but we are not inclined to marry them. Duty, on the contrary, is a bugle call to action, whether you are inclined to act, or not. In this case, I obey the bugle call of duty.

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  Beautiful, Flower, Action

  L. Frank Baum (2008). “8 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 2 of 2. Little Wizard Stories of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, The Scarecrow Of Oz, Rinkitink In Oz, The Lost Princess Of Oz,”, p.503, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• All the same,' said the Scarecrow, 'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.' I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman, 'for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

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  Heart, Brain, Tin

  L. Frank Baum (2012). “The Wizard of Oz”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• Oh - You're a very bad man!" Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.

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  Men, Good Man, Wizards

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• During the year I stood there I had known was the loss of my heart. While I was in love I was the happiest man on earth.

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  Heart, Loss, Men

  L. Frank Baum (2008). “7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 1 of 2. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy”, p.24, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.

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  Relationship, Heartbreak, Thinking

  L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, Ned Halley (2009). “The Wizard of Oz”, p.132, Collector's Library

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