John Updike Quotes
When you're retired, you get into your routines and other people, even so-called loved ones, become a strain.
John Updike
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
J. Michael Straczynski
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
Madeleine Albright
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
Ramakrishna
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
Katee Sackhoff
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Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries.
Nathan Deal
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My favorite prayer is Footprints in the Sand. You know that prayer? I know the times that he carried me, you know? I kind of wore him out.
Aaron Neville
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We are ready to end fascism once and for all, even in spite of the Republican government.
Buenaventura Durruti
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All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
John Mortimer
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I think there's a kind of desperate hope built into poetry that one really wants, hopelessly, to save the world. One is trying to say everything that can be said for the things that one loves while there's still time.
W. S. Merwin
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I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal.
Olivier Martinez
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When you're retired, you get into your routines and other people, even so-called loved ones, become a strain.
John Updike