Lynda Barry Quotes
The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad it's there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble in the story, your kingdom isn't dead.Lynda Barry
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I never understood the realism of an imaginary circumstance. While I was doing 'Smoke Signals,' I relied on my instinct and what I grew up with. I had this energy, but it was a one-dimensional thing.
Adam Beach -
Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.
Patrick Leahy -
I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
Patrick deWitt -
Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
Orhan Pamuk -
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
Garrison Keillor -
Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Nawal El Saadawi
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma Gandhi -
You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
Zooey Deschanel -
I have nothing to hide.
Adam Lambert -
When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
Garth Risk Hallberg -
The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat – 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
Fetty Wap -
The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
Lao Tzu
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
Gary Lineker -
I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
Farrah Fawcett -
The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever blessed soul.
Paramahansa Yogananda -
A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
Narada Michael Walden -
I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.
LaToya London -
I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.
Aaron Staton
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All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.
Norman Vincent Peale -
Let the Gita be to you a mine of diamonds, as it has been to me; let it be your constant guide and friend on life's way.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I think maybe I was born to be a songwriter. It's quite a comfort. I wrote most of my songs to stay alive, the rest to get back in the house.
Billy Joe Shaver -
I know this sounds generic, but I'm so happy to be home with my husband, my family, and my dog.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.
Ulysses S. Grant -
The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad it's there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble in the story, your kingdom isn't dead.
Lynda Barry