John Updike Quotes
When you're retired, you get into your routines and other people, even so-called loved ones, become a strain.
Quotes to Explore
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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'All in With Laila Ali' is educational, inspirational, compelling programming profiling individuals that have reached for the sky, pushed themselves to the limit and did things that you would think were impossible.
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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.'
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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.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I like to eat. I'm always on the edge of how much can I eat without looking too – you know. If I eat something salty, it makes me want something sweet. I eat something sweet, then I want salty. And exercise is not my thing, though I do it.
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I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be.
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People from my sort of background needed Grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn.
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It's very difficult leaving the house anytime with my baby at home.
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When you're retired, you get into your routines and other people, even so-called loved ones, become a strain.
