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My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.

Lynda Barry

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Lynda Barry
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
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If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.If you say No! I don't want it right now, that's when you'll get it for sure. Love will make a way out of no way. Love is an exploding cigar which we willingly smoke.
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Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.
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The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad its there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble in the story, your kingdom isnt dead.
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I go to work the minute I open my eyes.
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I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!
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