John Updike Quotes
'Well,' his father says, 'I'll say this for Slick Willie, he's brought the phrase out in the open. When I was young you had to explain to girls what it was. They could hardly believe they were supposed to do it.'
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I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.
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I don't believe in endorsing a product that you don't want to endorse.
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When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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'Pay it forward' has become a hackneyed concept, but I truly believe in it, and it gives me huge satisfaction to be able to help writers in a measurable way.
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I believe that first impressions are very important.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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Some people believe they chose homosexuality, and some believe they didn't. Who's to say one is wrong? It's not fair to generalize anyone's sexuality or walk of life.
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Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that. The man was tired. He was tired.
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I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell you and let you know. I mean, kids is where it's at, really.
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We lived in Germany; my father was in the Army, and they figured I would have more consistency at boarding school. That kind of gives you a thick skin.
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I still relate to my father very much. I mean, I talk to him in a certain way, as we do talk to the dead.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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A startup for entrepreneurs is like a baby, and I have five babies so far - experienced father.
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I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
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I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred.
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The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
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My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.
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Every actor has a method.
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History is only written from what remains.
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A lot of people say they want to get out of pain, and I'm sure that's true, but they aren't willing to make healing a high priority. They aren't willing to look inside to see the source of their pain in order to deal with it.
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Truth is too important to kill it in the streets for the sake of peace.
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'Well,' his father says, 'I'll say this for Slick Willie, he's brought the phrase out in the open. When I was young you had to explain to girls what it was. They could hardly believe they were supposed to do it.'
