John Updike Quotes

There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't.

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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Dad would always play Ray Charles in the car on the way to swimming, then we'd sing musicals. Now my heroes are Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt and Max Richter.

Jessie Buckley

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The United States did not choose to fight Islamic extremists. These terrorists chose to fight our way of life. They chose to challenge our existence.

John Boehner

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My mom was really vigorous about making sure that we saw things and that we questioned things. Education was so important to both of my parents.

Jennifer Garner

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I sometimes rock crazy shoes or a bright jacket, but my go-to is typically black, head to toe... minus my hair and makeup, of course!

Jeffree Star

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I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us.

John Sexton

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I want to keep bettering myself as an actor and singer.

Shraddha Kapoor

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Anyone driving great social change, willingly or not, is going to be a fascinating contradictory mix of idealism and ego.

Riz Ahmed

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The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason - our most cherished right. But it often creates muddy and uncomfortable situations, ones that are the source of great drama and national self-reflection.

Rod Lurie

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People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a fact.

Molly Ivins

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I'm so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.

Mitski

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If you want to do something, go for it -you've got nothing to lose.

Louis Tomlinson

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I'd much rather have our brand be doing weird stuff than doing normal stuff.

Christopher Miller

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