Lynda Barry Quotes

Playing and fun are not the same thing, though when we grow up we may forget that and find ourselves mixing up playing with happiness. There can be a kind of amnesia about the seriousness of playing, especially when we played by ourselves.

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• I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.

  

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• I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up.

  

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• I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.

  

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• Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.

  

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• My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed today without the participation of all Bolivians alike.

  

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• I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

  

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• I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.

  

  Barry Sonnenfeld
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• For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.

  

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• There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.

  

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• One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

  

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• To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.

  

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• The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.

  

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• I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.

  

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• I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.

  

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• In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.

  

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• A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

  

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• If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.

  

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• Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.

  

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• Cannes is a sort of gladiators' arena, and that's the fun part of it. When you accept to come here to open the festival, you know you are going to be criticised. I have no problem with the fact that I expose myself and the movie, and it's normal that I can disagree with the way some people feel.

  

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• I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

  

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• Playing and fun are not the same thing, though when we grow up we may forget that and find ourselves mixing up playing with happiness. There can be a kind of amnesia about the seriousness of playing, especially when we played by ourselves.

  

  Lynda Barry
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