Lynda Barry quote: "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."

I am about as detailed as a shadow.
LYNDA BARRY

I remember my comic strips being called 'new wave.' It bugged me.
LYNDA BARRY

If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
LYNDA BARRY

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, b...
LYNDA BARRY

Playing and fun are not the same thing, though when we grow up we may forget that and find ourselves...
LYNDA BARRY

We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality. We create it to be able to stay.
LYNDA BARRY

I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to ...
LYNDA BARRY

The groove is so mysterious. We're born with it and we lose it and the world seems to split apart be...
LYNDA BARRY

When I was working on 'Freddie,' I had been trying to write it on a computer for many, many ...
LYNDA BARRY

If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk...
LYNDA BARRY

The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.
LYNDA BARRY

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.
LYNDA BARRY

I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes fl...
LYNDA BARRY

I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.
LYNDA BARRY

Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn...
LYNDA BARRY

There are certain children who are told they are too sensitive, and there are certain adults who bel...
LYNDA BARRY

One Hundred Demons
LYNDA BARRY

Love will make a way out of no way.
LYNDA BARRY

You know that great car-stomach feeling when you fly over a hump? That was my whole body.
LYNDA BARRY

When an attractive but ALOOF ("cool") man comes along, there are some of us who offer to shine his s...
LYNDA BARRY

If it is your time love will track you down like a cruise missile. If you say 'No! I don't want it r...
LYNDA BARRY

The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad it's there. The real joy is knowing ...
LYNDA BARRY

Part of a horror movie has to be a bit fakey for me to really enjoy it. The new ones are so realisti...
LYNDA BARRY

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue,...
LYNDA BARRY

I tried to be like the richer kids as much as I could because I wanted to live on their streets, at ...
LYNDA BARRY

For 'Picture This,' I wanted it to be a drawing book that didn't have any instructions a...
LYNDA BARRY

It is true that I am a person with black pockets of evil and hatred in my heart. There are undergrou...
LYNDA BARRY

When you learn about stories in school, you get it backward. You start to think 'Oh, the reason ...
LYNDA BARRY

Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs.
LYNDA BARRY

What year is it in your imagination?
LYNDA BARRY

Epilepsy is a disease in the shadows. Patients are often reluctant to admit their condition - even t...
LYNDA RESNICK

Don't belive what others tell you. You belive in what you belive; there is nothing better.
LYNDA HERNANDEZ

Whenever education budgets get tightened, art programs are the first to get cut. Like the enduring p...
LYNDA RESNICK

I'm an adventurer and I enjoy all types of things, and eating is a part of that. It's just t...
LYNDA CARTER

When you wake up each morning, you can choose to be happy or choose to be sad. Unless some terrible ...
LYNDA RESNICK

I remember when we first bought Teleflora, I made a very expensive mistake when I produced a brochur...
LYNDA RESNICK

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.
LYNDA MONTGOMERY

I first walked into the costume designer and saw she had short shoes, tweed jacket, little bun and g...
LYNDA CARTER

The hawks wouldn't have defended their nest so ferociously if they didn't have chicks. Anything coul...
LYNDA WHITE

I could walk a mile in your shoes, but I already know they're just as uncomfortable as mine. Let's w...
LYNDA MEYERS

If you have a business website, make it stickier; redo the merchandising often and try new things un...
LYNDA RESNICK

I'm a closet Catholic. I love the iconography of the saints. There was a point in my life when I...
LYNDA RESNICK

You don't have to be Pope Julius to have great art in your house.
LYNDA RESNICK

I can taste a meal and tell you every spice that's in there. I have taste buds like Betty Grable...
LYNDA RESNICK

It'd be a much more expensive venture, because then you're looking at the Department of Public Aid p...
LYNDA VOGT

Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter ...
LYNDA RESNICK

We're trying to reach out to the community, anyone interested in golf or football who would like to ...
LYNDA SCOTT

We're not going to interfere with the hunt. But if a hunter loses an animal in the woods and fails t...
LYNDA SMITH

We have received phone calls from students that go to school in New York and Florida who have been i...
LYNDA KILLINGSWORTH

Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh ...
LYNDA MONTGOMERY

if I have to have any more boob shots I'm going to shoot myself.
LYNDA CARTER

A pomegranate is filled with rubies when you open it up. Diamonds may be a girl's best friend - ...
LYNDA RESNICK

The POM bottle is sublime, in a way. When you go into a supermarket, you hear that noise everywhere:...
LYNDA RESNICK

The happiness of a family is such a complex matter. Like a table laid out with a tea service, it loo...
LYNDA WILLIAMS

Within a 50-mile radius of Philadelphia, there are astounding collections of just about anything and...
LYNDA CAIN

The voice I've chosen to turn to is that of NPR. With a reputation for some of the finest journa...
LYNDA RESNICK

If art means as much to you as it does to me, or even if you're just exploring the art world for...
LYNDA RESNICK

What is your Unique Selling Proposition? What makes you different than your competitors? Wrap your a...
LYNDA RESNICK

The most common way to grow a business is by overseeing each and every aspect of the company - the &...
LYNDA RESNICK

I told him ... she can't be a shrinking violet. You cast me! It's not just somebody else. It's me! L...
LYNDA CARTER

I hope I died honorably. I have a great deal to atone for. - Eler Nersal
LYNDA WILLIAMS

My only interest in women's clothes is what's underneath them.
LYNDA CARTER

Just as TurboTax simplified much of the tax process, so has the colossally scary legal process been ...
LYNDA RESNICK

It's not about guys falling all over themselves, because she would just whack them on the head and s...
LYNDA CARTER

Pomegranate juice has staying power. It's not a fad. Once people have tasted POM Wonderful, they...
LYNDA RESNICK

The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling Best Director win...
LYNDA OBST

She has stepped in for Kim and done a great job.
LYNDA BOWERS

It was important to get back on a winning streak. It's good for our team's confidence.
LYNDA BOWERS

If we do well in the conference, it will look good in our region. The conference season is such a hu...
LYNDA BOWERS

Both of those teams are the type of teams that can beat you. They are at home and that will play to ...
LYNDA BOWERS

The priorities are still to vacuum up the oil and collecting the contaminated snow, to make sure the...
LYNDA GIGUERE

Everything else is taking precedence.
LYNDA GIGUERE

Because it's cold, it's going to gel. That's the good news. The other good news is we know how to pi...
LYNDA GIGUERE

They're not going to move it very far until they've thoroughly inspected it.
LYNDA GIGUERE

The plan is now to start tomorrow morning on the high tide and give it a go.
LYNDA GIGUERE

The main thing behind our agenda is that we've got to have a strong alternative punishment, and that...
LYNDA FLYNT

I think our bills do have a good chance of passing the Legislature this year, based on the governor'...
LYNDA FLYNT

To me, that's not fair.
LYNDA FLYNT

Alabama does have one of the most stringent habitual felony offender acts.
LYNDA FLYNT

I wouldn't want that job.
LYNDA FLYNT

I am in total awe of its beauty. Everything is first class all the way. I think the residents are go...
LYNDA FEUSTEL

It just sets off the path to the building.
LYNDA FEUSTEL

Each instructor has their own unique style.
LYNDA FEUSTEL

There are lots of people who have insurance through their employers, and they inadvertently sign up ...
LYNDA DELAFORGUE

There are a lot of challenges for people who are low income. There are significant resources being p...
LYNDA DELAFORGUE

They don't need any additional burdens of discrimination against them for other lines of insurance.
LYNDA DELAFORGUE

I think it should be an unknown (actress) and about 20 years old. People have talked about Sandra Bu...
LYNDA CARTER

was afraid of not living up to what people thought I was.
LYNDA CARTER

I want her to be wonderful and fabulous,
LYNDA CARTER

I was also happy to see girls represented in this superhero thing all the way through,
LYNDA CARTER

At this time in my life, I'm not so interested in playing the same TV movie again about toxic waste ...
LYNDA CARTER

I want to do everything right now! This very minute. I am impatient, but yes I have goals. To be a r...
LYNDA CARTER

It's the thrill of the chase -- the research, the excitement of finding the next thing, the better o...
LYNDA CAIN

It's the thrill of the chase - the research, the excitement of finding the next thing, the better ob...
LYNDA CAIN

We are being dictated to by the state. Our feeling was always, 'If they want to go to a non-smoking ...
LYNDA BROWN

Taking a course in the summer is a great idea for saving time during the school year.
LYNDA KILLINGSWORTH

Having the Internet courses helps allow flexibility for students who may live far away or even work ...
LYNDA KILLINGSWORTH

4th Friday is a joy to do, actually, because people are excited about it and it's a neat thing to be...
LYNDA RIDDLE

This is a great time to come in, have plenty of access to the art, but also be able to get a book si...
LYNDA RIDDLE

For any business to flourish for as long as Ash/Craft is quite a fete. We are not just an agency; we...
LYNDA PERRY

Many of Ashtabula County's residents are already familiar with our Ash/Craft Greenhouse. Our return ...
LYNDA PERRY

To me, that's the most aggravating. Those are the people who shouldn't be coaching.
LYNDA PARISO

Don't give up. That's the worst thing you can do.
LYNDA PARISO

Everybody thinks [all] coaches know what they are doing. They don't. Think about how many sports are...
LYNDA PARISO

We've gotten away from the idea of milk with every meal.
LYNDA MEZANSKY

Teenagers are trying to keep their weight down or they don't like the taste of milk. They often stop...
LYNDA MEZANSKY

What happened between 1957 and 1983 was not addressed.
LYNDA MARIN

We pushed a long time for this, and they decided to respect our request and make a presentation.
LYNDA MARIN

What you see in this store, almost every store we have, everything here is in stock. If you want a h...
LYNDA LUBELCZYK

So we are pretty much a family-owned and operated (business), we've been like that for years and yea...
LYNDA LUBELCZYK

To get to the level that they're at, you know how hard they're working.
LYNDA SCHMIDT

I can't tell you how much fun we have.
LYNDA SCHMIDT

We pray every day for them.
LYNDA SCAGGS

They're reaching people we can't. We have no problem with that. They're only getting a good message ...
LYNDA SCAGGS

There's some miscommunication there. We never used the word 'kill.' ... I think we did everything re...
LYNDA SMITH

This is strictly a trophy hunt.
LYNDA SMITH

The kids seem excited. The new coach has a lot of good ideas and had them doing drills over the wint...
LYNDA SCOTT

We supplement the coaches with whatever they need.
LYNDA SCOTT

Right now we're covering 240 square miles, but we're going to be pulling that in related to the tran...
LYNDA VOGT

It's clearly a trophy hunt. No one eats the meat.
LYNDA SMITH

This is a very sad day for us. This hunt is not about public safety. This is a trophy hunt, plain an...
LYNDA SMITH

Today, for us, is a very sad day. They're here to kill them, we're here to help them.
LYNDA SMITH

If it's someone's pet and you're keeping it at home, there's just too much room for error there. Hop...
LYNDA SMITH

I knew we were doing well, but this is a pleasant surprise. Brevard County has always been business-...
LYNDA WEATHERMAN

Attracting and retaining companies to any community is an extremely competitive exercise.
LYNDA WEATHERMAN

It sends a good message to the rest of the country that we have a good, strong business environment.
LYNDA WEATHERMAN

We're working with Zero Gravity to get them to come to the Space Coast by providing an incentive pac...
LYNDA WEATHERMAN

The next step will be a request for proposal that will go out next week.
LYNDA WEATHERMAN

I think it will take a couple of years. You have to build up the base to see how it's doing overall.
LYNDA YOTTER

I started off with a good class. I ended up with another good class.
LYNDA YOTTER

Thus far the girls seem to be getting along. They do seem to be more focused.
LYNDA YOTTER

Killing is always the last resort. I think that the other situation was severely mishandled. At leas...
LYNDA WHITE

It's just been mismanagement from the beginning.
LYNDA WHITE

Our biggest concern with delisting is that we have to have provisions for habitat protection. It doe...
LYNDA WHITE

It's becoming more common, even though it's illegal. They're in the way of development.
LYNDA WHITE

They've just made a remarkable recovery.
LYNDA WHITE

This just proves the Endangered Species Act works.
LYNDA WHITE

We were just amazed at how well they adapted.
LYNDA WHITE

By providing them with a package of incentives from state, county and local governments, we have mai...
LYNDA WEATHERMAN

Some things must happen so that others may come to pass.
LYNDA A. CALDER

Some people characterize it as flirtation, and that's something that she probably would prefer not t...
LYNDA LEE KAID

Rain, rain falling down
Down, down on the gound
All the birds go in the trees
They do...
LYNDA MULLALY HUNT

A memory made alone abides in isolation; such is love that is never shared. Fill your life with shar...
LYNDA I FISHER

First, you try to avoid bad employees by hiring carefully. If you made a mistake in hiring, then you...
DR. LYNDA DAHLKE

As a manager, you can't be buddies with your employees. You can't reprimand a best buddy. You must c...
DR. LYNDA DAHLKE

The young man pities his elders, fearing the day he, too, will join their ranks. The elderly man pit...
LYNDA I FISHER

It’s okay to cry. Giving in to the tears is terrifying,
like freefalling to earth without a p...
LYNDA CHELDELIN FELL

Just as it is impossible to explain childbirth to a woman who has never given birth, it is impossibl...
LYNDA CHELDELIN FELL

Obstacles are merely possibilities in disguise.
LYNDA CHELDELIN FELL

Sometimes, how you ingest this idea of masculinity as projected onto you by the world could be the d...
BARRY JENKINS

No one could understand the bond between me and my brother. I struggled to understand the forces tha...
BARRY WHITE

Shopmas now begins on Thanksgiving Day. Apparently, escaping the families you cannot stand to spend ...
BARRY RITHOLTZ

What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain...
BARRY COMMONER

After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social i...
BARRY COMMONER

Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.
DAVE BARRY

I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.
SAM BARRY

Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad wor...
SAM BARRY

I picked up a harmonica and taught myself.
SAM BARRY

I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate.
TODD BARRY

We are quite at ease in this no man's land of ignorance and doubt and dispute, absorbed in the a...
BARRY UNSWORTH

Get up, groan, write a bit, moan, eat breakfast, write some more, cycle my bike through the Sligo hi...
KEVIN BARRY

We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admi...
DAVE BARRY

For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.
DAVE BARRY

What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another pe...
DAVE BARRY

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.
DAVE BARRY

Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is ...
DAVE BARRY

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will ...
DAVE BARRY

Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to a...
DAVE BARRY

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
DAVE BARRY

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another perso...
DAVE BARRY

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.
DAVE BARRY

I got into film school. I went and didn't know anything about it. Over the course of two years, ...
BARRY JENKINS

I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. ...
BARRY ZITO

I can count my friends on one hand.
BARRY ZITO

I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anythin...
BARRY ZITO

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
BARRY ZITO

The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.
BARRY ZITO

It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them ...
BARRY ZITO

I'm OK being the veteran, but I'm still just a kid.
BARRY ZITO

I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people...
BARRY ZITO

I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
BARRY ZITO

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.
BARRY ZITO

I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no ...
BARRY ZITO

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he ...
BARRY ZITO

I just write mechanical things.
BARRY ZITO

I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.
BARRY ZITO

Regardless of what you want to call it, guys need some type of spirituality they can grab onto. If i...
BARRY ZITO

Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, ...
BARRY ZITO

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works...
BARRY ZITO

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can be...
BARRY ZITO

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. ...
BARRY ZITO

I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the score...
BARRY WILLIAMS

Tiger the dog had a showdown with a fast moving flower truck in the middle of the street and lost.
BARRY WILLIAMS

One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
BARRY WHITE

Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as ...
BARRY WHITE

Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
BARRY WHITE

The whole system of society tells you what to do.
BARRY WHITE

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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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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