John Updike Quotes
One out of three hundred and twelve Americans is a bore, for instance, and a healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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J. J. Abrams is a director that I've admired for a long time, from the very first scripts he wrote - including 'Regarding Henry,' which I was in.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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No man may make another free.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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Poets often are dealing with history and are thinking about the way history moves across us, and we move in it.
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The Bishop, as I have remarked, was not very dignified on all occasions, and sometimes acted in such a manner as would not have appeared well in public.
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That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.
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What is the biggest thing that stops people from living their lives in the present moment? Fear - and we must learn how to overcome fear.
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One out of three hundred and twelve Americans is a bore, for instance, and a healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.
