John Updike Quotes
The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.
John Updike
Quotes to Explore
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Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand.
Ferdowsi
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When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.
Yogi Berra
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It's fun to take two topics and mix them into one cartoon.
Walt Handelsman
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The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right.
Jack Kevorkian
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Sex and drugs and rock and roll.
Ian Dury
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My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.
Yiannis Chryssomallis
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You don't think about it at the time, but there are certain responsibilities that come with being the vicar's daughter. You're supposed to behave in a particular way. I shouldn't say it, but I probably was Goody Two Shoes.
Theresa May
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Value is not intrinsic, it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man reacts to the conditions of his environment. Neither is value in words and doctrines, it is reflected in human conduct. It is not what a man or groups of men say about value that counts, but how they act.
Ludwig von Mises
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I've been doing a lot of drama, but I feel like comedy is my strength.
Taraji P. Henson
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Human trafficking is not a business model, it is a crime, and we are going to stop it.
Barack Obama
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I wrote music. I was in a hardcore band when I was 14, and I wasn't good enough to play anyone else's songs, so I had to write my own.
Dito Montiel
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The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.
John Updike
