Lynda Barry Quotes
My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple.

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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I think music needs danger; it needs risk.
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The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information.
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Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down.
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I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.
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I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
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The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.
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When I was 14 years old, I was talking about much more mature things because of the writers that I had at the time. My first album was tied into what the culture was at that moment, which was Jodeci, Al B. Sure, Puff, The Hitmen. I reaped the benefits of being part of Bad Boy's movement. That was my introduction.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love.
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My album is very uplifting and positive and fun. That was my mission - to get people up on their feet and escape the seriousness of life.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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Singing for stage, if you don't hear yourself, that's when you push, and that's when you can hurt your voice sometimes. So if I can hear myself in my ear, it really helps me to find that balance of how loud I needed to be singing.
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I have the same friends and the same bad habits.
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head.
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Something I've learned from people like U2, the Stones and Lenny Kravitz is that the grind of live shows is so necessary [to build your career].
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I beg you to believe that life is not a process, it's a drama.
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The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks.
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My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple.