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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Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.
D. H. Lawrence
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Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
Jim Rohn
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When you write songs, you're writing little bits here, little bits there.
Albert Hammond, Jr.
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I very much love a physical book myself. I think people who have had this experience of also seeing a book come together, from sitting down and writing the first word, to holding the binding in your hand, we have a deeper sentimental attachment to it than others might.
Edwidge Danticat
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Some critics could argue that club or fun pop-y dance music isn't meaningful, when it totally is. All different types of music are meaningful depending on what people are going through in their lives at any given moment.
Darren Fletcher
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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
