John Updike Quotes
'Whenever somebody tells me to do something my instinct's always to do the opposite. It's got me into a lot of trouble, but I've had a lot of fun.'
Quotes to Explore
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To steal a term from one of my Twitter followers, 'Deathlok' is the 'anti-villain.' He's on the side of the bad guys, but he obviously doesn't want to be there.
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I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' But I don't ever think about my disability.
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Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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If you're not in it you can't win it.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
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I am very diplomatic when I'm in front of the media or when I am going out for promotions and stuff. But, usually, I'm a very straight forward person.
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And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.
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I have to admit that business-type thoughts do sneak into my head: I hope our customers pay us, I hope this stuff is decent, I hope we get it done on time. The little additions and subtractions that one has to do. Take sales, take costs and try to get that big positive number at the bottom.
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Shooting an improv-based film is incredibly liberating, exhilarating, and fun, but editing that kind of movie can be difficult for obvious continuity reasons.
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When bands come from that underground scene and go into the mainstream, people just hate it. And it blows my mind. If you're saying you don't like what pop culture is, then change it. And when someone does make an effort to change it, everyone rebels against it and hates it. You can't win. People just want that division to exist. They don't want that division to go away.
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'Whenever somebody tells me to do something my instinct's always to do the opposite. It's got me into a lot of trouble, but I've had a lot of fun.'
