John Barth Quotes

If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist.

John Barth

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GodWorldYouBadWantRealist

Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Stephen Hawking

LifeWorkPurposeMeaningYouEmpty

Every match I won in a Grand Slam, I take confidence of that, and when I arrive in a final, I know my game is there.

Stan Wawrinka

ConfidenceGameKnowFinalTakeWon

I took vocal lessons all through my childhood and still do. I was classically trained.

Sofia Carson

ChildhoodThroughStillLessonsTook

If you go out once a week, they can blast on you that you're always out all the time, but I always put work first, and people sometimes don't see the side of going into the weight room, behind-the-scenes-type stuff with football.

Rob Gronkowski

WorkTimeFootballPeopleWeekYou

I always cause those who are near to me more suffering than pleasure.

Delmore Schwartz

SufferingMeMoreAlwaysPleasure

Boredom is a concept that I don't understand.

Christian Louboutin

BoredomUnderstandConcept

I play Captain Lance Van Der Berg, who's a Union captain who ends up staying with the Confederate family who's been taken over by the army when they come into the city in Virginia. He strikes up a romance with the youngest daughter in the house, which obviously causes some issues for the family.

Chris Wood

FamilyDaughterCityHousePlayUp

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.

Bob Woodward

MediaYouSayHardPoliticiansSoft

Growing up in Florida and having naturally curly hair was a bit tough. I had to learn to do treatments and masks to keep the frizz under control.

Brittany Snow

Growing UpControlHairToughLearn

It turns out, the bikers and the truckers and people in dive bars are the nicest people in the world.

Ashley McBryde

PeopleWorldDiveOutBarsTurns

The clothes that fire up my emotions are colorful and 'different' pieces. My eye still picks out gilded-cloque glamour from among Burberry's streamlined trench coats or a hand-printed coat from Dries Van Noten.

Suzy Menkes

FireEyeClothesEmotionsColorful

Right now, offline and online are coming together because of smartphones.

Susan Wojcicki

TogetherNowRightComingBecause

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