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John Updike Quotes

I'm trying to get the terrorist out of the bugaboo category and into the category of a fellow human being.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Trying Human Out Human Being Get

There was a time when, for anybody between the ages of 15 and 25, music was one, two and three.

Music Time Three Two Between Ages

Nothing against Nicki Minaj - I think she's a dope lyricist, and her body is perfect, along with a dope personality. But I'm more into a woman who's not so much into the spotlight.

Personality Woman Think Body Perfect

You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.

People You Information Complicated

You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time.

Time Game Golf You Brick Wall

My father taught me, in boxing, that when you - particularly when you get hit in the face for the first time - you're going to panic. That instead of panicking, just accept it. Stay calm. And any time anybody hits you, they always leave themselves open to be hit.

Father Time Me Calm Face You

The Natural Law which God has written into our beings cannot be entirely eradicated, but it can be gravely deformed, leading to distortion of consciousness and conscience, and hence our actions.

Michael O'Brien

God Law Conscience Consciousness Our

I also couldn't pass up the opportunity to be in the same movie as Jack Nicholson and Glenn Close.

Opportunity Same Up Pass Close Jack

It's not a case of 'look at me in my car'; it's more, 'look at the car'. I like the idea of other people enjoying them, because everything has become a bit faceless and nobody likes the motor car any more.

Car People Me Look Nobody Become

I guess I am actually quite shy, and I've always felt very self-conscious during interviews.

I Am Shy Always Interviews Quite

I think everyone roots for the underdog.

Johnny Knoxville

Roots Underdog Think Everyone

I had beautiful bikes and I was really into it. I just thought it was really glamorous.

Beautiful Thought Glamorous Just Had

I don't know what makes a writer's voice. It's dozens of things. There are people who write who don't have it. They're tone-deaf, even though they're very fluent. It's an ability, like anything else, being a doctor or a veterinarian, or a musician.

People Doctor Voice Know Write

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