John Updike Quotes
Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.
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In 'Clockwork Orange,' you're there with your eyes, watching all those things, your brain goes off, ahh, exposes you to so many things, and at the end of the day, it's just like a roller coaster. Why do you jump in a roller coaster? You want a thrill.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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The interest in the supernatural in a very generic sense and in the spiritual is not in itself a factor that helps the communication of the Christian faith.
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Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get ahead of the treadmill and cover new terrain - so you never run faster than the speed that is set.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of Confucius, Mencius, Chaucer and Shakespeare and Victor Hugo are looking over their shoulders.
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If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.
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I'm from a reserve. A reservation. So I know everybody. Everybody knows me.
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My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.
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The story line was done in a way that's organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that's authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she never felt them.
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I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.
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Writers aren't in competition with one another. It isn't a zero sum game. If you have a good book, a good cover, a good product description, and a low price, you can sell well.
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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
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The growth accomplishes a parallel increase in students taking demanding courses such as pre-algebra, calculus and physics. It is important to remember that the best preparation for the SAT is the day to day work students do in schools.
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I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in.
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When I began writing, it was a cosmic thing: Inspiration! Wham! Short spurts of time when I felt out of touch with reality, temporarily insane and the result: a song!
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We stipulate about where we need to be in life: By this age you should be married, by this age you should have kids. But it's not that you can only do this or only do that. It's really about creating a holistic life: about planning ahead and being efficient with your time and really listening to yourself.
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Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.
