John Barth Quotes

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

John Barth

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LifeHeroStoryLife StoryOwnHis

To be honest, bread constipates me, and I like to have my daily bowel movement.

Jessica Simpson

DailyMeBreadMovementHonestLike

They were responsible. I had very good kids. I was very lucky.

Maye Musk

GoodLuckyResponsibleKidsVery

I don't actually like touring.

Jeff Lynne

LikeTouringActually

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour.

Amy Tan

TimePeopleNervousKindOne Word

Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.

Stephen Tobolowsky

HateBeliefMorePeculiarLikeFact

My best memories are because I was on teams I love - even going back to being a kid. Not just in the NBA.

Steve Nash

LoveMemoriesBestBackKidGoing

The average Liberian, it turns out, does not share the same assumptions as the average black Methodist minister from Chicago.

Tucker Carlson

BlackAssumptionsChicagoSameOut

The Bay of Pigs is one of America's most infamous Cold War blunders, and it has been studied, debated, and dramatized endlessly ever since.

Robert Dallek

WarColdAmericaCold WarPigsBeen

I reorganize my closet nearly every week.

Rob Kardashian

WeekClosetEveryNearly

I don't like slapdash careless prose, and if I saw myself doing it, I would give up writing altogether.

Ruth Rendell

MyselfWritingDoingUpCareless

However, the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security will undermine retirement security for all Americans by cutting guaranteed benefits by more than 40 percent, and risky private accounts won't make up for the loss of benefits for millions of Americans.

Ruben Hinojosa

RetirementLossPlanSecurityWill

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Miguel de Cervantes

TimeManWiseBornThings

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