John Updike Quotes
Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.
John Updike
Quotes to Explore
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
Calista Flockhart
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge
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In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.
Saint Bernard
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The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.
Ted Danson
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
Jack Youngblood
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
Gary Lineker
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Plenty of church members are shaky about what they believe, while not many are shaken by what they believe.
Vance Havner
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Your life is a sacred journey. It is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking courageous challenges at every step along the way. You are on the path... exactly where you are meant to be right now... And from here, you can only go forward, shaping your life story into a magnificent tale of triumph, of healing, of courage, of beauty, of wisdom, of power, of dignity, and of love.
Caroline Adams Miller
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I'm open to anything. I would love to play someone completely off the wall.
Selma Blair
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I love writing for and about women. In my whole career I have.
Mitch Glazer
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You think I'm stupid. Stay out of my way. You think I'm stupid.
Chester Bennington
Linkin Park
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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.
John Updike