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And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.
Lynn Johnston
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Lynn Johnston
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 28
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In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.
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Photographs help people look at things they may not be able or may not want to look at. Until you can look at something, you can't change it. First you have to look at it, then you have a chance to understand it and can change it.
Lynn Johnston
You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian.
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You don't have to die in order to make a living!
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If I was in love with someone, I would get their picture out of the school yearbook and do portraits. If I was curious about sex, I would draw pictures of it. There were no books for me to look at. Then I would go find my father's matches to burn the paper.
Lynn Johnston
I've always felt that life is a novel, and part of it is written for you, and part of it is written by you. It's up to you to write the ending, ultimately.
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But I married a guy who treated me very badly, but I was happy. I was miserable, so I was happy.
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My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary.
Lynn Johnston
Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.
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We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We begin as children to explore and develop our talents, often unaware that we are unique, that not everyone can do what we're doing!
Lynn Johnston
Memories and magic is what Christmas is all about.
Lynn Johnston
Every time I get with the program... somebody changes the channel.
Lynn Johnston
But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home.
Lynn Johnston
Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.
Lynn Johnston
Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.
Lynn Johnston
Its taken me a long time to become the person I am, for all the ugliness to fall away. The rotten flesh is gone, and the seed is there. I can touch that now.
Lynn Johnston
An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.
Lynn Johnston
Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.
Lynn Johnston
My brother was a great audience, and if he liked the picture, he would laugh and laugh and laugh, and he would want to keep the picture. Making people laugh with an image I had created... what power that was!
Lynn Johnston
I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that.
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