Lynda Barry Quotes
My strips are not always funny, and they can be pretty grim at times, and I know I lose readers because of it, but I can't do anything about it - my work is very much connected to something I need to do in order to feel stable.
Quotes to Explore
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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Being someone with Latin roots, so many doors are constantly closed for you because people put you in a category, and the thing I've always wanted to avoid is categorisation.
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When I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste.
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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All of my high school issues are resolved!
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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I didn't ever plan to be a producer, and I didn't really know what I was getting myself into.
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For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
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I have targets for business achievements; I do not have targets for acquisitions. Because if you have targets for acquisitions, you end up making compromises in terms of valuations, and you buy things because you have a target, and it is not good for business.
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I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments.
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One thing I would say is real cops have real gallows senses of humor and make incredibly funny and inappropriate jokes in the presence of dead people all the time.
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I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
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Every story about me is so heavy and dramatic. That's not how I do life. But that's the impression people have, and that's what keeps getting reiterated. As if I'm still stuck in all the muck of the past. And I am so not.
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My strips are not always funny, and they can be pretty grim at times, and I know I lose readers because of it, but I can't do anything about it - my work is very much connected to something I need to do in order to feel stable.
