John Updike Quotes
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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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I said a long time ago that Foursquare can make cities better. You have these augmented realities like Foursquare and Twitter and Facebook that provide these virtual nodes and instant feedback from anywhere, adding annotation around a physical places.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.
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I don't think any media has to feel obliged to show the cover of 'Charlie Hebdo.'
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
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In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.
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Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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I'd say it's okay to be political and to be a writer. Those streams can be separate, and they can be connected; for me, they're both. Life is political, and I'm interested in my community and in a lot of issues - some of them American, some global.
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I would like to do something that pushes me as an actress to make me better. I would love to do something dramatic or crazy. I think that would be so much fun.
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Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.
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I felt black. I was as far as I was concerned. And I wanted to be black for lots of reasons. They were better musicians, they were better athletes, they were not uptight about sex, and they knew how to enjoy life better than most people.
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Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.
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You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time.
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But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?
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The great thing about the dead, they make space.
