Lynda Barry Quotes
'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
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I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film.
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Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.
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Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that 'you don't write in a French way; you can't make these multicultural films.'
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Republicans have never been good at public relations.
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I don't have mom issues or dad issues. I think I have found peace about many things in my past. I have forgiven and asked to be forgiven.
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If you really want to see the face of war, see the faces of survivors.
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Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.
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All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.
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I'm surrounded by geniuses, which is really not good for my own personal self-esteem!
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All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
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I think of myself as a global citizen.
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'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't.
