John Updike Quotes
A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens.John Updike
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister -
I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.
Magic Johnson -
We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
Orlando Bloom -
I'm obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love, love, love it. I've gotten to meet all of the cast at this point, and they're all so, so nice.
Uzo Aduba -
One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.
Tammy Bruce
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I owe it all to Jesus.
Aaron Neville -
In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
Ramez Naam -
By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
Kate Reardon -
My idea of fast food is a mallard.
Ted Nugent -
Living without hate for people is almost impossible.
Park Chan-wook -
Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the '70s.
Barton Gellman
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My style, in terms of what I wear, is kind of representative of the music.
Sam Hunt -
Everybody always laughs because I feel so much more comfortable with, like, a giant paper bag on my whole body and paint on my face. Sometimes I try really hard to take it all off. But inevitably what's underneath is still not a straight edge. And I don't think it ever will be.
Lady Gaga -
We don't have any power other than our intellect and our hearts.
Hamza Yusuf -
The heart of Univision – and what we do – is here in Miami.
Randy Falco -
Yes it was we, are a few years back parted from our record company and took the album that we were making with them and released it independently in the United States had a number one Independent debut in the United States.
Isaac Hanson Hanson -
One common puzzle for the security-minded is how to work with confidential data on the road. Sometimes you can't bring your laptop, or don't want to. But working on somebody else's machine exposes you to malware and leaves behind all kinds of electronic trails.
Barton Gellman
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I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.
Janis Ian -
I like having black hair. When I was really young, I wanted to be Asian - Asian hair is beautiful. I also wanted to look like the girl in George Michael's 'Father Figure' video.
Pauley Perrette -
I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.
Dejan Stojanovic -
Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
Damian Lewis -
Judges don't age; time decorates them.
Enid Bagnold -
A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens.
John Updike