John Updike Quotes

From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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In America, all things are possible.

Mel Martinez

AmericaPossibleThingsAll Things

Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose, the point is not that he survived the defection, but that he had to face it.

Stockwell Day

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Ladies are honest. They're my motivation. They know what's funny, and the dudes just follow.

Tracy Morgan

FunnyMotivationKnowFollowHonest

I've always walked and climbed; spent a lot of time in the arctic and places.

Robin Day

TimePlacesAlwaysArcticSpentLot

I get extremely detail-oriented. In my most stressed-out days, I get way more focused on those details than anyone should be.

Julia Hartz

DetailsFocusedWayMoreDaysGet

I just make the movies I want to see. I've always been that way.

Dean Devlin

WantMoviesWayAlwaysSeeBeen

Arkansas needs leaders who will stand up to anyone in Washington, from either political party, and do what's right for Arkansas and for our country.

Conner Eldridge

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A lot of dumb pictures have made a lot of money, but that doesn't mean they're going to be anything cinema students will revel over in the future.

Clint Eastwood

FutureMoneyCinemaDumbPictures

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

Chuck Schumer

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I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum.

Boyd Rice

GivingQuestionsMoreSameOver

If I go to a restaurant, other people stare. The meal is ruined.

Brigitte Bardot

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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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