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DOUG LARSON The opposite of war isnt peace its creation JONATHAN LARSON There should be fireworks, at least, when a dream dies. KIRBY LARSON My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind... KIRBY LARSON The lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than crops, more to Golden Rule... KIRBY LARSON Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd preferred to talk. DOUG LARSON Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. DOUG LARSON I feel very much aware of my mortality. I'm here, and then I'm not. It's the same thing ... BRIE LARSON Everything is changing all the time, and I'm not going to stress out and spend my entire time ch... BRIE LARSON I'm really not interested in acting as a facade, I'm interested in it as an emotional expres... BRIE LARSON Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they wer... DOUG LARSON I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand oppor... BRIE LARSON I'm not really out in the world all that much. I mean, I live with no phone signal, in the hills... BRIE LARSON Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in... GARY LARSON It took only 50 years for movies to go from silent to unspeakable. DOUG LARSON The hardest pill for me to swallow has been receiving recognition, getting dressed up, going to even... BRIE LARSON The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate DOUG LARSON My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, ... BRIE LARSON We want to make sure the launch and recovery are absolutely flawless. JERRY LARSON