#values

All the things that make the character of an individual great, comes from the moral values he or she possesses. Those are the things that give such an individual, strength, vision, integrity, courage and understanding of how to behave toward others. ↗

— Ellen J. Barrier

#courage

Language can't describe reality. Literature has no stable reference, no real meaning. Each reader's interpretation is equally valid, more important than the author's intention. In fact, nothing in life has meaning. Reality is subjective. Values and truths are subjective. Life itself is a kind of illusion. Blah, blah, blah, let's have another scotch. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values. ↗

— Terry Southern

#beard #certain #i #known #long

No, I always felt that amongst my core fans- because there was a level of popularity that I had in the mid '80s that was sort of a bump on the scale- they fundamentally understood the values that are at work in my work. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#amongst #because #bump #core #felt

If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process. ↗

— Cecil Taylor

#creation #goal #life #living #music

We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don't starve. Those are values, too. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#bills #make #middle-class #middle-class people #need

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death. ↗

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

#creative force #death #force #highest #highly

There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#fundamental #impossible #some #values #wrong

I grew up watching 'Braveheart' and 'Gladiator.' Those are my 'Star Wars.' They have values and traits about them that I wish I had. ↗

— Channing Tatum

#gladiator #grew #had #i #i wish

Anything that changes your values changes your behavior. ↗

— George A. Sheehan

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