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It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money. ↗

— Dave Barry

#defined #experts #money #own #personal

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. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#come #conversation #especially #funny #great

Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#dive #enjoyed #exhilarating #going #high

The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#i #more #understand #you

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

#demon #depth #experience #god #his

The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older you get, the more you appreciate a good day versus a happy ending. You understand that life continues on the next day; the reality of things is what happens tomorrow. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#because #continues #day #director #ending

To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#confront #excessive #hysteria #impoverished #language

I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. I'm the opposite. Inside my head I'd be like, God, I'll explain to you at the end of shooting that I'm not this person. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#anybody #because #cars #character #doing

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#breaking #conquer #consists #enemy #excellence

Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas - this past summer, for example, the top 10 movies registered at the same level as in '04. ↗

— Peter Bart

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