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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.

Lynda Barry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: cartoonist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 2, 1956

Topics

Happiness Fun Grow Find Forget Kind

When I was pregnant with my first child, I was 35 years old, and I was working in a pet shop.

Ann Dowd

Pet Child First Child Old First

If you don't like an ad, why should anybody else?... We're all consumers... That's why I always create commercials for myself first of all. I am the consumer I know best. If I think it's a great commercial, I figure the rest of the people might think so, too. I haven't been wrong so far.

Stan Freberg

Great Myself Best I Am People Rest

As an actor, when you don't have a reference to pick from, you experiment, try out new things. And what comes of it eggs you on. You realize your capabilities and push your limits.

Sidharth Malhotra

New Things Limits Push You New Try

In my opinion, the power of the mind in sport is vital. If you can overpower those physical risks mentally, you can get your body round it physically. I've made my body do things because of my mind that it shouldn't have been able to do.

Tony McCoy

Power Risks Mind Opinion You Body

I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing, and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It's just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Great Do The Right Thing Stupid Busy

The relationship that tests/frustrates/irritates you the most actually is one of your greatest blessings. Why? Because it reveals to you the very beliefs/fears and false assumptions that most limit you.

Robin S. Sharma

Relationship Blessings You Why Limit

In any political job, you recognize that your time is going to be limited.

Rod Rosenstein

Time Job Political You Going Your

I'm a dual citizen in a way. I live in the States and have a green card, so my connection to British politics is almost nonexistent.

Rupert Friend

Live Politics Green Connection Way

I never minded George Steinbrenner spending obscene amounts of money to put the best product on the field.

Jay Mohr

Best Money Product Never Field Put

Resource efficiency is the wrong metric. We should use nature as the measure, using nature's wisdom as a template for our economic systems.

Douglas Tompkins

Nature Wisdom Efficiency Measure Our

I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.

Donna Leon

Writing Soup Think You Know Crime

As a historian, you can only go as far as the evidence will take you.

Deborah Harkness

You Go Will Evidence Take Far