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John Barth Quotes

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 27, 1930

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Value People Nothing Outside Thing

Being in New Mexico was such a great experience for me, and I hope to get back there one day for some more films or TV.

Hope Great Experience Day Me Back

I start writing songs first as an entertainer, and I like funny stories that wrap up with dignity.

Funny Writing Start Dignity First

I don't like to lay down on my food - it's not good for you. I like to take a walk, then meditate and read the Bible.

Good Food Walk Bible You Down

We are proudly a gun state and respect the Second Amendment.

Respect Gun Amendment Second State

To become mindfully aware of our surroundings is to bring our thinking back to our present moment reality and to the possibility of some semblance of serenity in the face of circumstances outside our ability to control.

Moment Control Face Thinking Reality

Deep in my cortex, the year is divided into reading seasons. The period from mid-October to Christmas, for instance, is 'ghost story' time, while Jane Austen and P. G. Wodehouse pretty much own April and May.

Time Reading Story Deep Year April

We always did our own mixing.

Stephen Malkmus

Always Own Our Did Mixing

I would say that the energy on set is always the energy of the director because he's the boss.

Stephanie Sigman

Boss Energy Say Director Always Set

Real or not, when a person denies God, they often try and fill that higher power void with something else.

God Power Person Try Real Something

People have this vision of me as a conservative person, but I'm actually quite adventurous.

Vision People Me Person Conservative

I became famous, I think, really because of the interpretation of other people's songs, way back when, and that's what I enjoy the most. And I'm a lazy bugger.

People Think Famous Enjoy Back Lazy

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.

Best Think Feel You Know Way

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