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John Updike Quotes

I would write ads for deodorants or labels for catsup bottles if I had to.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Write Would Labels Bottles Ads Had

Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.

Life Dinner You Life Changes Down

People can't stay out of their cars. I do think we have a real problem staying out of our automobiles. We have a real dependency on them, and it may be for more than just transportation.

People Think Problem Transportation

I learned the power of 'no.' No is really important. Entrepreneurs are told to say 'yes, yes, more, more.'

Power Important Say More Yes Really

If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.

You Company Nuts Policy Stay Your

Hispanics who get on government programs are doing only a little better than they were in the old country.

Government Better Doing Country Old

I was so scared of my father. He'd pull up in his truck and start looking for something I'd done wrong. There was no escape, no excuse, no way out of nothing.

Father Truck Looking Start Wrong

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.

Man Speak Credit Ability Out Who

I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.

Death Me Enjoy See Salesman Knocked

People ask me all the time, 'Are you fed up with reality TV?' At the end of the day, it can affect my career in the sense that the more reality shows there are, the less scripted dramas out there, but I can't ever really knock them. I started on 'Popstars,' which was a reality talent show. I have respect for them.

Respect Time Day Talent People Me

The first movie that made me cry was 'Dead Poets Society.' That one gets me. 'O Captain! My Captain!' That moment kills me.

Moment Me Society Cry Captain Dead

It's a dream come true to have someone else portray me. Because I've been living this life for a long time, and I'm over myself.

Chelsea Handler

Life Time Myself Me Someone Long

I made my career off posing in swimsuits and doing all the swimsuit issues and posters, but I will tell you that that little bit of material on an itsy-bitsy bikini - taking that off was very nerve-racking the first time.

Time Doing Posing You Career Will

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