Lynda Barry Quotes
I believe a kid who is playing is not alone. There is something brought alive during play, and this something, when played with, seems to play back.
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Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
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If I really believe that visual representation and narrative are ways to convey important, complex ideas, and if the world is gravitating toward this form, then geez, I better do it myself. I want to do it myself.
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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We want to believe that we're invulnerable, and that people who get tricked deserve it. Well, they don't. And someday the arrogant types who mock the gullible are likely to get their turn to wear the dunce cap.
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For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.
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Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.
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Carefully calculate the potential size of your market to make sure you can grow. Before starting Mint, I knew that there were about 20 million people who had purchased 'Quicken' or 'Microsoft Money' over the years, and 80 million people using online banking in the U.S. alone.
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To get important work done, most leaders organize people into teams. They believe that when people collaborate toward a common goal, great things can happen. Yet in reality, the whole is often much less than the sum of the parts.
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The thing that 'Glee' has successfully done that no other TV show has is that they're just honest - but they don't tell you what's right or wrong. They don't tell you what to agree with or what to believe in.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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Just do what you believe in, and success will follow.
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In the '50s, I was traveling alone all over Mindanao, Basilan, all the way to Tawi-Tawi with just a camera and a notebook. I always stayed in the houses of Moros.
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Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.
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I believe that God wants us to show respect.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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I have a saying: I try to make the world smaller by making the party bigger.
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I do not believe in the eternity of the spirit. That contradicts my ideology.
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Somewhere along the line, music became 'content'... It's my full intention to bring it back to music again! I believe in the power of song.
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I believe a child's most important job is to explore the world around them through play.
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I've sold shows based on my standup twice to CBS, but they've never gone past the script stage. TV is very competitive.
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I am an Alanis Morissette fan. I think that she has a fantastic voice, and I would love to sing with her someday.
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Keep fighting until the last buzzer sounds.
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I believe a kid who is playing is not alone. There is something brought alive during play, and this something, when played with, seems to play back.
