John Updike Quotes

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CreativityCreativeNameBetterDoer

I like it when a man puts thought into the kind of restaurant we're going to. That doesn't mean it needs to be fancy - some of the best meals of my life have been having a taco on a street corner.

Meghan Markle

LifeBestManThoughtRestaurant

Not offering this kind of guarantee means that they do not believe in their product enough, and they do not care about if a salesman is over promising or over selling their product.

Matthew Lesko

BelieveCareEnoughSellingKind

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

Matthew Macfadyen

CharacterRomanticFeelActorMore

Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.

Amelie Mauresmo

ConfidenceMyselfNowMoreRightUp

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.

Simone de Beauvoir

WorkTruthMenWorldViewOwn

I just want to have a normal life, like everyone else, you know?

Robyn

LifeYouKnowWantEveryoneNormal

I treat people based on who they really are, not the name. Everyone has to be respectful and be a human being. No one's above... That's how I carry it with anybody.

Jay-Z

PeopleTreatNameHumanEveryone

The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest imaginable is fair game.

Jonathan Raymond

FootballBaseballWarGameNameYou

Nobody in their right mind will even attempt or even think of leaving the European Union, because they will understand that it is not in their best interest.

Jose Angel Gurria

BestMindThinkNobodyUnderstand

When I arrived in France, I cried every day. Not because I was in France - I could have been anywhere - but because I was so far, far away from my parents. I missed them so much.

Didier Drogba

DayParentsEvery DayFar AwayBeen

People say if you're doing an art project, that's different from a book, but I honestly don't see it. I try and try, and I just don't.

Douglas Coupland

ArtPeopleBookDoingYouSay

Before now, I've always taken my mixes out to the car and listened to them in the parking lot. I still do that, but more so now I'm listening to it on the Beat box, and I think people should give it at least a listen and check it out and see what it is.

Dr. Dre

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