John Updike Quotes
These dysfunctionals make him aware of how functional he is.
John Updike
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High expectations are the key to everything.
Sam Walton
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We visited Ravi. We didn't study with him, as such.
Gary Wright
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As an announcer, 'The Price Is Right' is the mother of all shows not only because of its legacy, but because it is by far the most demanding game show.
Randy West
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I know every line to 'The Little Rascals.'
Banks
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Here's the thing about Red Sox fans, or actually just fans from that region, in general: they appreciate the effort. And if you mail it in or if you give 80 percent, even with a win, they'll let you know that's not how you do it. They want - if it's comedian, if it's a musician, bring us your best show.
Dane Cook
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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
Ramakrishna
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A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died: Johnson said, it was the triumph of hope over experience.
Samuel Johnson
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If the rat had not looked over his shoulder, perhaps his heart would not have broken. And it is possible, then, that I would not have a story to tell. But, reader, he did look.
Kate DiCamillo
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First one beam, then another, then A thousand are radiant in the sky. Each is both star and orb; and day Is the riches of their atmosphere.
Wallace Stevens
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Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt;It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
Oliver Goldsmith
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David Thoreau
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Just strictly from a business standpoint, kids are a liability to landlords, and they actually provoke evictions.
Matthew Desmond
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The power of immigration, the power of the American dream, if you think about the American dream, it is the best brand out there.
Dara Khosrowshahi
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Grace Kelly was a glacially cool, like a wonderful sherbet in the middle of the desert. Cooling, icy, clean. She was a genetic miracle, a superior woman.
Oleg Cassini
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Success only hurts the first time.
R. K. Milholland
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You cannot judge a man's life by the success of a moment, by the victory of an hour, or even by the results of a year. You must view his life as a whole. You must stand where you can see the man as he treads the entire path that leads from the cradle to the grave - now crossing the plain, now climbing the steeps, now passing through pleasant fields, now wending his way with difficulty between rugged rocks - tempted, tried, tested, triumphant.
William Jennings Bryan
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These dysfunctionals make him aware of how functional he is.
John Updike
