John Updike Quotes
Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second Coming that would not be cut down to size by the televised evening news, or a Last Judgment not subject to pages of holier-than-Thou second-guessing in The New York Review of Books.
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It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
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To my real estate agent, Chernobyl is a fixer-upper.
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I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
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Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.
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The Supreme Court has insulted you over and over again, Lord. They've taken your Bible away from the schools. They've forbidden little children to pray. They've taken the knowledge of God as best they can, and organizations have come into court to take the knowledge of God out of the public square of America.
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To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
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I've got to be high class... Which is sad, because I like bars.
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The real use of AI in industry is generally for very narrow pattern-matchers - a better search algorithm, an object-detection algorithm, etc. These things are tools which we can use - for good or evil. But they're nothing like self-aware beings.
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Someday, the capitalist system will disappear in the United States, because no social class system has been eternal. One day, class societies will disappear.
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I do like to keep mementos from my work, whether they be photos, the backs of make-up chairs or even props and clothes.
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Big bangs don't make this. That's not a big bang. God made that. That's a liver. That's mystical. You and I can't make livers. Things banging don't make livers. This is mystical stuff. This is magic. This is perfection.
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But my lord, Yvonne, surely you know by this time I can’t get drunk however much I drink.
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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting sergeant.
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It was a fun show. At one point the barricade in front of the stage gave way, which scared the concert promoters because they thought people were going to get hurt. So we had to stop the show for a while. That was funny... Although I guess only funny because no one got hurt.
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I suppose Roger had the license to do anything that fitted the venue.
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A flexible exchange rate is important, and it shouldn't be artificially restrained because of the needs of the economy.
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That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!
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Aquaman is one of the greatest characters at DC Comics and one of my favorites.
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I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.
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I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool.
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Without Allah on your side, you can do nothing. With Allah on your side, there is nothing you cannot do.
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There are only about four hundred people in New York society.
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Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second Coming that would not be cut down to size by the televised evening news, or a Last Judgment not subject to pages of holier-than-Thou second-guessing in The New York Review of Books.
