"At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive."

-- Lynda Barry

#Art Quotes #Children Quotes #Play Quotes

“I was talking and playing pranks and skipping school, failing pretty much every class I took.”

Source : "Tig Notaro: You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry". Interview with Sydney Brownstone, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2013.
“There's no harmony in most people in a way, and I'm attracted to it, and I think it makes for good storytelling.”
“I had parents who believed I could do anything - and I know how that made me feel. I think both my parents, having careers in the medical profession, feel they are helping people on a daily basis, and that was inculcated in me as a value. I had to struggle with giving up the idea of becoming a doctor myself.”
“There was a point - when I was a kid - where I said I wanted to be like Luke Skywalker, with blond hair and blue eyes. My mom right there told me to never be ashamed of who I am.”

Source : "Chaske Spencer, Actor (Twilight)". Interview with Gabriel Canada, www.racebending.com. August 17, 2010.
“I think with each record, I don't know ... they're like burdens.”
“It all comes down to this: if your subconscious "financial blueprint" is not "set" for success, nothing you learn, nothing you know, and nothing you do will make much of a difference.”
“It was a show where you were given a quote out of current events and you had to identify who said it. I was reading eight newspapers a day and had compiled a file of about 300 quotes. I really had to do my research. The White House press didn't have to bone up on any of it.”
“When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.”

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