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No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.
Lynda Barry
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Lynda Barry
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
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When an attractive but ALOOF (cool) man comes along, there are some of us who offer to shine his shoes with our underpants. There are thousands of scientific concepts as to why this is so, and yes, yes, it's very sick but none of this helps.
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You can't know what a book is about until the very end. This is true of a book we're reading or writing.
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But when the thing that is scaring you is already Jesus, who are you supposed to pray to?
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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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You'll never call him Fifi again.
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When I work on a book, I usually start with a question. And I don't sit around and go I need to write a book. What's a good question? It will be a question that's just clanging around in my head.
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These are very confusing times. For the first time in history a woman is expected to combine: intelligence with a sharp hairdo, a raised consciousness with high heels, and an open, nonsexist relationship with a tan guy who has a great bod.
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What is an idea made of? Of future, past and also meanwhile.
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If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
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I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking.
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gospel singing ... is the rawest, sweetest, uninhibited and exquisite sounds a person can make or hear. It isn't music, it's an entire experience you feel and live. A sound to rise you up again.
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There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends in everyone's work.
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The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.
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If I could only turn the etch-a-sketch of my life upside down.
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I remember my comic strips being called new wave. It bugged me.
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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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A man who has been dead for a week in a hot trailer looks more like a man than you would first expect.
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I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth.
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