Quote by Lynda Barry
My mom didnt want me to go to college. She didnt want me to read -

My mom didnt want me to go to college. She didnt want me to read – when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple. – Lynda Barry

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The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. – Lynda Barry

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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. – Lynda Barry

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My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice skating lessons, and it got to the point where they really needed my mom to earn an income. – Dorothy Hamill

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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety. – Michael Phelps

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My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding. – Ray Lewis

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Two weeks ago at the U.S. Amateur, my mom caddied, and that is kind of a different feeling, because shes your mom and you have to listen to her. It was really comfortable having my mom there, but its also really relieving and comfortable to have someone that knows the course off their hat, really. – Lydia Ko

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Thinking is like loving and dying. Each of us must do it for himself. – Josiah Royce

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