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John Updike Quotes

Hobbies take place in the cellar and smell of airplane glue.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 18, 1932 - January 27, 2009

Topics

Airplane Place Smell Glue Hobbies

It's funny, I used to do a character that was just a baby - just an adult baby. I would get up onstage and complain about adult stuff, but as a baby. I was in a diaper, and I would require hugs from the audience and reassurance and stuff.

John Gemberling

Funny Character Baby Complain Diaper

I would say there are three important things about graphene. It's two-dimensional, which is the best possible number for studying fundamental physics. The second thing is the quality of graphene, which stems from its extremely strong carbon-carbon bonds. And finally, the system is also metallic.

Best Quality Strong Physics Possible

People failed to realize that when you're living such a hyper, super reality of a life, where you're just doing shows and you're on TV and you're talking to this magazine, that doesn't bode well for trying to talk about everyday stuff that hopefully you'll connect with people on.

Life People Reality Doing Talking

Dad never misses a chance to remind me that whenever we are travelling together, if 100 people mob him for autographs, five approach me.

Jeev Milkha Singh

Together People Me Chance Never Him

Refurbishing I've done in the first three years and I'm still giving housing money, of course, to the north.

Money Giving Done Three Housing

I have no idea who first coined the word 'Abenomics.' It was not my original term for the set of anti-deflation, growth-promotion policies I am now pursuing.

I Am Now First Original Idea Set

The lakes in Washington State give us tons of crawfish.

Washington Us Give Washington State

It sounds like a media line, but I'm passionate about thanking the fans for their support.

Support Media Passionate Line Fans

When you make that choice of stepping out and facing the issue of disclosure, you do create this kind of self-imposed negative fear. It's unfortunate it still happens today. 'Do I step out and say I'm a gay guy?' But you have got to do it and live your life on your terms and no one else's terms.

Life Fear Live Today Step Negative

Not to sound cliche, but some of the first things that I bought were for my homies and my team: making sure the people that helped me and ensured my security and safety during my come-up, while I was broke, had the opportunity to be okay.

Opportunity People Me Safety Team

When I'm not training, I'm reading.

Training Reading

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Great Culture Man I Am Care Labor

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