John Updike Quotes
Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
Quotes to Explore
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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I love my wife, I love my kids.
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Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image.
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I've been just eating very healthy, all organic, no sugar, white flour, nothing artificial. I'm being so incredibly strict... not a lot of meat!
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Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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Homecourt is everything in the NBA.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.
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I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.
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Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.
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There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles.
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To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time.
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There are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen.
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To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.
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No matter how many times I visit New York City, I am always struck by the same thing - a yellow taxicab.
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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
