John Updike Quotes
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I'm very obsessed with 'The Real Housewives' franchise. It's a bad obsession.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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When I had no money, I would find out which friend had work and money at that point in time and would go and stay with him for a week. All of us theatre guys did that.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.'
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The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.
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There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other.
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I come from a place where there's violence and inarticulacy. I worked in a pub from the age of 12 or 13. I used to see people smashing glasses over each other. I was never tough. I was scared of them.
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There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we would have these great parties at the house with congas and bongos and African drums, and it was amazing. It wasn't until years later that I found out that they were actually Black Panther meetings.
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In politics, it's very theatrical. There's a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to believe in, and candidates are playing the role, like actors, by a creative personae that people will be attracted to.
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Chemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go through that.
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It has been a great experience to act in Hollywood movies with actors like Ben Kingsley.
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I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more.
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Me, I don't need money.
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Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry.
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Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers - obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
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You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children, you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted by a demon or a god.
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Rules designed to ensure competition ensure that innovators with new ideas can challenge incumbents on a level playing field.
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It’s utter sublimation, A feat, this heart’s control Moment to moment To scale all love down To a cupped hand’s size
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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Not his problem. Fewer and fewer things are.
