John Updike Quotes
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.
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The establishment of Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world.
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I don't want to over-promise and under-deliver.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.
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The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereotypical life-or-death songs millions of times. It's good to mix it up a little bit.
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I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood.
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As an artist or musician, you want to be remembered for the music you make.
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.
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We are great believers in the idea that the Internet can help bring justice, but justice varies from place to place across the world.
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In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.
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I write poetry on my iPhone. I've got about 100 poems on there.
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Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
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Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.
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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
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You need to look at Congress as having a certain capacity. Now, the capacity varies from year to year and from body to body, but there is a finite amount of things that Congress can attentively do.
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The Department of Homeland Security raises the alert status for financial centers in New York, New Jersey, and Washington to orange. The evidence supporting the warning, reconnaissance data left in a home in Iraq, later proves to be roughly four years old and largely out of date. Number 10. Last Thursday, at 10 a.m. Eastern time, the President addresses the National Endowment for Democracy, once again emphasizing the importance of the war on terror, and insisting his government has broken up at least 10 terrorist plots since 9/11. At 3 p.m. Eastern time, five hours after the President's speech has begun, the Associated Press reports that Karl Rove will testify again to the CIA leak grand jury and that special prosecutor Fitzgerald has told Rove he cannot guarantee that he will not be indicted.
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The Pell Grant is more than a financial aid program for college students in need. It is the right thing to do for America's college students, and it is the right thing to do for America's economy.
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I had the great privilege in 2011 and 2012 of learning a lot about what it takes to run for the presidency of the United States. It is one of the greatest challenges that any human being could take upon themselves.
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I remember going for the first time to a place called The Roxy in New York because you can see people breakdancing there. That's the only reason I went! It's amazing, kids are still doing that.
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'You are cynical.'
