Lynda Barry Quotes
Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.'
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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I want to make sure the fine-dining restaurant has a clientele who is local as much as tourists and foodies.
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I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
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Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
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After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch 'Ghostbusters' until I was much older.
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I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather keep a low profile.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?
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Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.
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I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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The fact is, it's hard to release movies.
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Oh God, I don't know if I ever really felt beautiful. I don't, really.
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You were born as the one you are.
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Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.
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We've carried that over into the visual development as well. We've designed quite an exotic cast of characters, but the last thing we want is to dictate to the players how their PCs should look. What we want to do is inspire.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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There are a lot of people I dislike in the world. I mean, a lot. I don't follow any of them on Twitter.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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I was an overweight kid, and I went through a period where, oh my God, they were making cow sounds at me when I walked down the hallway and just humiliating me. Kids can be mean.
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The biggest insult is that I've been called an exaggerator... I tell the truth as I know it. I don't glamorize the nightmare and horror that I witness; I just digest it and spew it back, with venom.
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School desegregation is associated with higher graduation rates, greater employability, higher earnings, and decreased rates of incarceration.
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Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.'
