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For me, I want to see diversity in storytelling sources because we live in a very diverse society, a...
LYNN SHELTON
I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
LORETTA LYNN
We live in a society that celebrates familial connection above any other kind of relationship. We ar...
LYNN COADY
When wireless cellphones first came out, analysts predicted that at peak, it would only replace 5% o...
LYNN JURICH
Nobody's perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.
LORETTA LYNN
Before computers, you'd start designing using shapes of cubes. Now I can start with something li...
GREG LYNN
It would be lovely if it was all Right vs. Wrong, Good overcomes Evil - I think most Americans, goin...
LYNN FLEWELLING
I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my ...
LORETTA LYNN
Finally! You're here!"
Uh....Do I know you?"
Well, no....But you're here, all the same...
LYNN WEINGARTEN
My work more than didn't fit in. It crossed willy-nilly the boundaries that people had spent the...
LYNN MARGULIS
I think Andrew Stanton is such an amazing, creative mind.
LYNN COLLINS
I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.
LYNN ABBEY
An investor in Duke Energy is expecting a dividend payment. That's roughly 70 to 75 percent of t...
LYNN GOOD
Volatility is not something that is a great fit for Duke if you look at the level of dividend we pay...
LYNN GOOD
I've always been a sucker for any technology engineered primarily for the entertainment of the h...
LYNN COADY
I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a para...
LYNN ABBEY
No one expects the doormat to stand upright, shake itself off, and amble down the street to seek its...
LYNN COADY
I talked to General Downer about some of the funding about the National Guard and some of the civil ...
LYNN WESTMORELAND
I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly lang...
LORETTA LYNN
I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles...
LYNN NOTTAGE
If you can, anticipate that life is going to be full of detours.
LYNN GOOD
The silence was killing me.

And that's all there ever was. Silence. It was all I knew. Ke...
J. LYNN
If you feel like there is going to be an emotional reaction that won't be helpful to resolve the...
LYNN GOOD
The novel, as a genre, was once considered a diversion every bit as frivolous as Facebook, but over ...
LYNN COADY
If we are not more efficient, we put ourselves in a position where prices need to rise or profits de...
LYNN GOOD
As she looked in the full-length mirror in her dressing room, she added a few ropes of pearls, pinne...
LYNN STEWARD
As she looked in the full-length mirror in her dressing room, she added a few ropes of pearls, pinne...
LYNN STEWARD
I can't quite remember the exact moment when I became obsessed with writing a play about the see...
LYNN NOTTAGE
Effectiveness comes from those qualitative things that give you the ability to network, communicate,...
LYNN GOOD
We thought we'd name the magazine for the number of bridges within Edmonton's city limits. W...
LYNN COADY
You either have to be first, best, or different.
LORETTA LYNN
The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doe...
LYNN LAVNER
We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strength...
LYNN JOHNSTON
The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's lik...
LYNN JOHNSTON
You don't have to die in order to make a living.
LYNN JOHNSTON
Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitt...
LYNN JOHNSTON
No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.
LYNN JOHNSTON
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about...
LYNN JOHNSTON