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Dr. Seuss


Born
in Springfield, Massachusetts, The United States
March 02, 1904

Died
September 24, 1991

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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both cartoons and humorous articles for them. Additionally, he was submitting cartoons to Life, Vanity Fair and Liberty. In some of his works, he'd made reference to an insecticide called Flit. These references gained notice, and led to a contract to draw comic ads for Flit. This association lasted 17 years, gained him national exposure, and coine ...more

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Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

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Quotes by Dr. Seuss  (?)
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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Dr. Seuss

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
Dr. Seuss

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
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What is the best love quote?

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.Dr. Seuss
 
  149 votes 44.5%

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.Nicholas Sparks
 
  42 votes 12.5%

Love is a circular emotion that surrounds you, like a hug. Or a noose.
Jarod Kintz
 
  41 votes 12.2%

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. ― William Blake (write-in)
 
  34 votes 10.1%

"You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see, but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel" - Forbidden by Tabitha Sazuma (write-in)
 
  26 votes 7.8%

Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.Ambrose Bierce
 
  24 votes 7.2%

You can only give your heart away once, after that, everything else will chase your first love. - Tarry Fisher - The Opportunist (write-in)
 
  9 votes 2.7%

"Centrum Permanebit" -The Fiery Heart (write-in)
 
  7 votes 2.1%

Blake (write-in)
 
  3 votes 0.9%

335 total votes
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