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Art Clokey Quotes

There’s none of this wisecracking and cynicism that you see in … some of the other cartoons. He’s supposed to be a role model for kids. He cares about other people.

The essence of Gumby is that he makes children feel safe. He’s their greatest pal.

Clay is embedded in our subconscious. It has been there for at least 50,000 years.

I didn’t allow merchandising for seven years after it was on the air because I was very idealistic, and I didn’t want parents to think we were trying to exploit their children.

It’s so satisfying, and when you see it on screen, you feel like God because you’re bringing life to clay.

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Neil Gaiman Quotes

A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

Also, I’ve already won all the awards. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I’m sure there are words that are simply in there ’cause I like them. I know I couldn’t justify each and every one of them. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

And there never was an apple, in Adam’s opinion, that wasn’t worth the trouble you got into for eating it. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

As far as I’m concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it’s a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

Neil Gaiman QuotesI don’t know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does not, on the whole, have the highest regard for my own stuff in that when I look all I get to see are the flaws. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

I lost some time once. It’s always in the last place you look for it. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it’s very, very classical, and in some ways I’m breaking lots of rules about what you can do and what you can’t do. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

I think of myself as a very lazy author. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did when began it. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I’ve written. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I’d go and work my way through the children’s area. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

I’ll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you’re trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

I’m a fairly undisciplined writer. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

I’m one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I’m very good at doing that, but I don’t like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The hardest thing probably overall has been learning not to trust people, publicists and so forth, implicitly. – Neil Gaiman Quotes

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus? – Neil Gaiman Quotes

Kobe Bryant Quotes

kobe_bryant– “Everyting negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”
– “I dont want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.”
– “I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.”
– “I’m chasing perfection.”
– “My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.”
– “There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.”
– “These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.”

Best Funny Quotes from Jim Carrey

jim-carrey_1– “If I’m not back in five minutes… just wait longer!” – Jim Carrey
– “Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.” – Jim Carrey
– “People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation. ” – Jim Carrey
– “I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don’t know if it’s possible forever and ever.” – Jim Carrey
– “Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they’re eating sandwiches.” – Jim Carrey
– “There is nothing like making love to somebody you give a shit about.” – Jim Carrey

– “I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.” – Jim Carrey

– “Either you’re the one erasing or you’re the one being erased.” – Jim Carrey

– “I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.” – Jim Carrey

– “My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.” – Jim Carrey

– “I got a lot of support from my parents. That’s the one thing I always appreciated. They didn’t tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.” – Jim Carrey

– “I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I’d love that. But I don’t need to be. I just want to be here. That’s it.” – Jim Carrey