"Succeed! It has been done, and with a……" — Donald Barthelme
"Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced."
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40 Quotes by Donald Barthelme
Donald Barthelme has 40 quotes on this site.
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Food ... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence.
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The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do.
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Anathematization of the world is not an adequate response to the world.
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I don’t think you can talk about progress in art—movement, but not progress.
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The best way to live is by not knowing what will happen to you at the end of the day...
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The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it.
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I think writers like old cities and are made very nervous by new cities.
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Is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said, no, life is that which gives meaning to life.
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Endings are elusive, middles are nowhere to be found, but worst of all is to begin, to begin, to begin.
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My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great…
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Is death that which gives meaning to life?
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The not-knowing is crucial to art, is what permits art to be made. Without the scanning process engendered by not-knowing,…
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On a clear day, rise and look around you and you'll see who you are on a clear day, how…
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The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge,…
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Do what's right and you'll please some of the people and astound the rest.
— Ronald Reagan
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When women's true history shall have been written, her part in the upbuilding of this nation will astound the world.
— Abigail Scott Duniway
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Some of the young photographers today enter photography where I leave off. My "grandchildren" astound me. What I worked for…
— Minor White
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If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
— Thomas A. Edison
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Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
— Mark Twain
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When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.
— Mark Twain
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Of course, I'm being rude. I'm spoiling the ending, not only of the entire book, but of this particular piece…
— Markus Zusak
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It would probably astound each of us beyond measure to be let into his neighbors mind and to find how…
— William James
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Eve, I know this continues to astound and baffle you, but I actually like to socialize." "I know. If it…
— Nora Roberts
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Mystery bores me. It chores me. I know what happens and so do you. It's the machinations that wheel us…
— Markus Zusak
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