John Updike Quotes
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
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There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
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I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.
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Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from.
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Security, freedom, dignity, if we had these three we could say that it has been worth while being born into this world and I would like all the young people of Burma and young people all over the world to be able to feel that it was right that they have been born into this world.
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When I picked up the guitar for the first time, it opened up a whole new world for me. I became obsessed with writing and playing.
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In today's world, everyone's so clued into their iPhones, and communication is going by the wayside as far as one-on-one is concerned. It's very seldom that I walk into a room and parents make their children say hello and have a social grace with one another.
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Technology is dad-at-home friendly. It allows the family to be more creative and role flexible than it ever has in the past without being poor in the process.
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He didn't have a worry in the world back then. He was in paradise and didn't know it.
