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

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Be assured that, as certain as Congress transcends its assigned limits and usurps powers never conferred, or stretches those conferred beyond the proper limits, so surely will the fruits of its usurpation pass into the hands of the Executive. In seeking to become master, it but makes a master in the person of the President. John C. Calhoun

Will Master Become Congress President Assured Those Seeking Proper Never Beyond Powers Executive Surely Makes Pass Limits Person Conferred Hands Transcends Fruits Certain Usurpation Assigned

In the summer of 1952, when I was 30, the Army assigned me to an infantry unit fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, though, there was other news in my family: My father had become the Republican presidential nominee. As an ambitious young major, I refused any offers for other assignments. John Eisenhower

News Family Me Army Father Become Young Fighting Other Summer Presidential Though Had Major Nominee Korea Infantry Ambitious Offers Any Refused Republican Meanwhile Unit Assigned Assignments

I got lucky and got assigned to Hubble. John M. Grunsfeld

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I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet. Jon Postel

Space Internet Address Administer Names Also Operation Protocol Domain Authority Essential Conventions Which Central Use Coordinator Assigned

When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just doesn't like that kind of music, or they love hip hop but hate guitar rock. Kim Deal

Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned. Linda Tripp

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I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me. Mercedes McCambridge

Me Guardian Angel Never Wanted Ask Assigned

While my father was a diplomat rather than a business person, I count him as a critically important formative role model. He was comfortable living and working all around the world, wherever he was assigned. Muhtar Kent

Business World Father Important Living Critically All-Around Diplomat Rather Count He Him Comfortable Around Than Model Role Person Role Model Wherever Formative While Working Business Person Assigned

Hugh Everett's work has been described by many people in terms of many worlds, the idea being that every one of the various alternative histories, branching histories, is assigned some sort of reality. Murray Gell-Mann

Work Reality People Every Worlds Has-Been Some Various Idea Terms Sort Alternative Been Histories Hugh Being Many Assigned

If we look at the way the universe behaves, quantum mechanics gives us fundamental, unavoidable indeterminacy, so that alternative histories of the universe can be assigned probability. Murray Gell-Mann

Universe Way Unavoidable Gives Look Alternative Quantum Quantum Mechanics Histories Behaves Probability Us Mechanics Fundamental Assigned

There must be a rule of thumb in pop-culture archaeology that states that the allure of any topic is inversely related to its assigned importance in the affairs of humanity. The more trivial the subject, the dearer it is to most of its partisans and the more worthy of scholarship. The smallest things in life often mean the most to people. Paul Di Filippo

Life Humanity People Related Rule States Topic Must Worthy Archaeology More Trivial Inversely Scholarship Allure Thumb Smallest Importance Most Dearer Affairs Subject Any Often Mean Assigned Things

Casa amigos means house of friends and that's how we work. We have lunch together every day; a couple of times a week we have drinks. There are no assigned desks - everyone just moves around. It's very social and creative. Rande Gerber

In sixth or seventh grade, my teacher assigned me to write and sing a song. I remember sitting at the piano in my living room, trying to get that song perfect. That was the moment I realized I really love doing this. Ravyn Lenae

Love Teacher Me Song Remember Living Seventh Perfect Write Piano Sing Doing Get Trying Grade Sitting Sixth Room Realized Really Moment Assigned Living Room

I love the idea of a very simple 8-bit video game character struggling with the complex question: 'isn't there more to life than the role I've been assigned?' Rich Moore

Life Love Character Game Simple Complex More Struggling Idea Been Question Very Than Role Video Video Game Assigned

The American Army has supplied, assigned a very capable man to me, to help me, bring me to military justice. I don't think I need no civilians. All I want to do is clear myself with the American Army. Robert Jenkins

Myself Me Man Justice Army Military Think Civilians Supplied Clear Very American Want Capable Help Assigned Bring Need

No government in the world today has explicitly assigned the responsibility for planetary protection to any of its agencies. Rusty Schweickart

Today Government World Protection Responsibility Any Explicitly Agencies Planetary Assigned

Tahir Pasha assigned me a room when I was staying in his residence, and every night before sleeping, I would spend around three hours going over the books I had memorized. It would take me three months to go through the lot. Thanks be to God, all those works became steps ascending to the truths of the Qur'an. Said Nursi

God Me Three Before Thanks Every Sleeping Spend Books Months Those Would Staying Through Take Had Steps Over Hours Became Around Go His Lot Truths Going Ascending Room Works Residence Assigned Every Night Night

So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight. Sally Ride

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Transgender people frequently face bias in court and are assigned unsupportive public defenders, factors which lead to more extreme sentences and longer incarcerations. Sarah McBride

People Face Transgender Extreme More Factors Lead Longer Bias Court Frequently Which Public Sentences Assigned Defenders

Homophobia, transphobia, and sexism, they're all rooted in the same prejudice: the belief that one perception at birth - the sex we are assigned - should dictate who we are, who we love, how we act, and what we do. Sarah McBride

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Trans women, trans men, AFAB - which is assigned female at birth - and non-binary performers, but especially trans women of color, have been doing drag for literal centuries and deserve to be equally represented and celebrated alongside cis men. Sasha Velour

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