Berkeley Breathed Quotes
I'll confess right here that I secretly wish I'd have drawn a strip about a little boy with a fake tiger, going for adventures throughout the universe in spaceships of his imagination.
Quotes to Explore
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Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
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I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
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I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.
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Who am I, if I'm not this singer with big high notes? I identify with my voice. But I'm more than just the acrobatics.
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I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
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As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.
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I lost my mother and my brother when I was 15 in two separate car accidents. I was doing well at school. I was a good sportsperson, but at that point, I gave up on all of those things that were there to be done. I couldn't deal with them.
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I don't like to look typical.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad.
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Single mothers have as much to teach their children as married mothers and as much love to share--maybe more. Yet their motives are often labeled selfish and single-minded--never mind all the babies brought into the world to snag husbands, "save" faltering marriages or produce heirs.
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Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.
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I used to get down on myself a lot if I missed a shot, and it would just break my focus. But now I stay mentally tough and try to just forget about that play and keep on going.
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Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe.
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I'll confess right here that I secretly wish I'd have drawn a strip about a little boy with a fake tiger, going for adventures throughout the universe in spaceships of his imagination.
