John Updike Quotes

A seventeenth-century house can be recognized by its steep roof, massive central chimney and utter porchlessness. Some of those houses have a second-story overhang, emphasizing their medieval look.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LookHouseRoofSomeChimneyHouses

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

Andrew Jackson

BlessingWishYouPricePayMust

Camfed has worked for more than two decades in partnership with poor families, transforming this desire for girls' education into reality, and showing the measurable benefits of girls' education for all of us.

Ann Cotton

EducationRealityPartnershipDesire

People of a certain age look back on the Mayberry of 'The Andy Griffith Show' and become almost as homesick for that simple fictional hamlet as they do for their own home towns.

Tom Shales

HomeAgeSimplePeopleLookBack

My life is OK. I live in France. It's a very cool country to make films.

Michel Hazanavicius

LifeLiveCoolMy LifeCountryOK

I love Shogun world. It's so beautiful. The performances are beautiful. It's like classic Japanese cinema, with a little 'Westworld' twist.

Luke Hemsworth

LoveBeautifulWorldCinemaClassic

Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive.

Loni Anderson

BodyThreeYour BodyCigarettesYour

Some incubators, like Y Combinator and TechStars, were started by successful entrepreneurs wishing to help the next generation learn from their experiences. Other programs, such as Viterbi Startup Garage and Austin Technology Incubator, were created by universities to help young entrepreneurs bridge the knowledge gap from student to funded company.

Jay Samit

TechnologyKnowledgeBridgeHelp

I feel like so many people invalidate the experience of transgender girls thinking that they aren't regular girls, but I am a normal girl.

Jazz Jennings

GirlExperienceI AmPeopleThinking

A kid is something precious, and you want to protect it and keep it fun. I'm not a dad, but I've seen people and how they behave with their kids.

Jason Statham

FunPeopleYouWantProtectKid

I don't believe America will justifiably make an unprovoked attack on another nation. It would not be consistent with what we have been as a nation or what we should be as a nation.

Dick Armey

BelieveAmericaWillNationAttack

But for me, it is when a student has died. I find the death of a young person the most difficult and painful of times. To explain it to other young people, to see a bright future snuffed out, is just awful. I am haunted by those deaths.

Donna Shalala

FutureDeathI AmPeopleMeFind

I exercise most days.

Chris Hughes

ExerciseDaysMost

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