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John Updike Quotes

Golf at its measured pace permits an electric excess of mental activity.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Golf Mental Activity Pace Measured

Some people collect coins. Some people collect rocks. Some people collect stamps. I colllect kids and hope I can do something for them.

Hope People I Can Rocks Some People

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

Life High Low Valleys Get Peaks

Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies.

Unions Human Same Susceptible Ills

I don't make any notes, but I do know where to find things. Suppose I need to know where Wexford first talked about his love of the countryside or where he quotes Larkin or what was the beginning of his hatred of racism or where he first encountered domestic violence; I would be able to find it straight away.

Love Beginning Racism Violence Find

I was on a path. I was going to become a principal dancer. I never let my mind rest.

Path Mind Rest Principal Become

Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity.

Placido Domingo

I Am Voice Reach Old Out Niche

Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do.

Phillips Brooks

Sad Great Day Soul Man Thoughts

Sena under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray has failed. It is a party on the decline, and that decline started the day Maharashtra Navnirman Sena was formed.

Leadership Day Party Started Failed

When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.

Work Quality Said Actor Wanted

I remember watching my dad work on PCs, and I remember using Texas Instrument calculators in school. It was a bit nostalgic.

Scott Michael Foster

Work School Texas Remember Watching

People think a watch must weigh a lot to be a luxury. But there's no reason why we should add weight to create value. People have to overcome these notions.

Value People Think Luxury Create

I'm used to people being a mile away. That suits me. It's more nerve-wracking playing in front of people who are two feet away from me.

People Me Feet Suits More Two

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