Lynn Johnston Quotes

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• An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

  Lynn Johnston

  Im Sorry, Apology, I Am Sorry

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• No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

  Lynn Johnston

  Happiness, Age, Matter

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• The most profound statements are often said in silence.

  Lynn Johnston

  Inspirational, Profound, Silence

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• Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

  Lynn Johnston

  Long, Complaining, Persons

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• You don't have to die in order to make a living!

  Lynn Johnston

  Funny, Inspiring, Money

  "For Better or For Worse (ID 9706)". Comic strip by Lynn Johnston, www.fborfw.com. October 14, 2005.

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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

  Children, Unique, Use

  Lynn Johnston (1994). “It's the Thought That Counts:: A For Better Or For Worse Fifteenth Anniversary Collection”, p.5, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• 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.

  Lynn Johnston

  Book, Writing, Exercise

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• Every time I "get with the program"... somebody changes the channel.

  Lynn Johnston

  Program

  "For Better or For Worse (ID 6573)". Comic strip by Lynn Johnston, www.fborfw.com. March 30, 2003.

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• 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.

  Lynn Johnston

  Writing, Up To You, Life Is

  Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. 1994.

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• You have to be in love with your story ... It's the love of the light; the time of day; of watching the moment unravel.

  Lynn Johnston

  Love You, Light, Stories

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• You do not have to die to save their lives.

  Lynn Johnston

  Dies

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• I've had some tremendous adventures, good and bad. It's part of the novel, and a novel isn't interesting if it doesn't have some good and bad. And you don't know what good is if bad hasn't been a part of your life

  Lynn Johnston

  Adventure, Interesting, Good And Bad

  Hogan’s Alley interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. 1994.

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• I'm not just buying a car... I'm buying a lifestyle!

  Lynn Johnston

  Car, Buying, Buying A Car

  "For Better or For Worse (ID 1382)". Comic strip by Lynn Johnston, www.fbofw.com. December 9, 1987.

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• 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.

  Lynn Johnston

  Daughter, Mother, Children

  Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. 1994.

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• 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.

  Lynn Johnston

  Thinking, People, Unhappiness

  Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. May 16,2012.

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• When you're shy, a camera becomes an entry into life. It was a kind of shield I could hide my shyness behind, and it allowed me to become an active observer rather than a passive one.

  Lynn Johnston

  Photography, Shields, Cameras

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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.

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  Father, Character, Play

  Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. 1994.

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• I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage.

  Lynn Johnston

  Lucky, Tough, Wonderful

  Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. May 16, 2012.

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• Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.

  Lynn Johnston

  Sleep, Night, Insomnia

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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

  Photography, People, Want

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• 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

  Brother, People, Laughing

  Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. May 16, 2012.

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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

  Sex, Father, Book

  Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. 1994.

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• The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!

  Lynn Johnston

  Running, Ideas, Singers

  Lynn Johnston (1994). “It's the Thought That Counts:: A For Better Or For Worse Fifteenth Anniversary Collection”, p.5, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's happy, she's thriving, she's full of self-confidence. I tell her she's beautiful every day before I send her off to school.

  Lynn Johnston

  Beautiful, Children, School

  Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. May 16, 2012.

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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.

  Lynn Johnston

  Humble, Self, Enemy

  Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. 1994.

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