John Updike Quotes

The good ending dismisses us with a touch of ceremony and throws a backward light of significance over the story just read. It makes it, as they say, or unmakes it. A weak beginning is forgettable, but the end of a story bulks in the reader's mind like the giant foot in a foreshortened photograph.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand.

Jim Lovell

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This is one of the major problems we have. By the way, it was endorsed by leadership on both sides of the aisle and both ends of the Capitol, by the NRA and also by the gun control groups.

John Dingell

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I have very mixed feelings about big corporations. Oftentimes, they're more troublesome than not.

John Hillcoat

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By now, we all know that Hollywood producers always chase after the same properties, that the sharks circle simply because the other sharks are circling.

Jeff Giles

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Those 25 dancers we worked with for a day, in as highly productive a way as possible - a long class, a period of teaching bits of the repertory - in fact I didn't teach Bank, I've used parts of Oil and Water.

Siobhan Davies

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I don't specifically sit down to write a Motley Crue song, so for me, that's how it works. The things that sound like they might be Crue, I put aside on my hard drive and keep them in that pile.

Tommy Lee

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Beyonce moves a lot. She's astonishing, dances and sings at the same time. She is buff.

Rita Moreno

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My mantra: Brainless exercise is a lost opportunity for improvement.

Michael Merzenich

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Have four things going. I have stand-up comedy, two television shows and I'm working on a play. I like to work, and I fear that something could fall through. You know what they say: 'The show must go off.'

Joy Behar

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I want to know why people are getting laughs. Why this joke works and why that one didn't work. It all comes back to helping me be a better WWE Superstar. So I love it.

Dolph Ziggler

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I believe chemistry is based on the trust between two performers. What actually works is something intangible - being extremely comfortable in each other's presence.

Deepika Padukone

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My dream is to be World Lightweight Champion in the UFC. Have more money than I know what to do with. And have a great life for my kids, grandkids, and everyone in my family.

Conor McGregor

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