John Updike Quotes

If the worst comes true, and the paper book joins the papyrus scroll and parchment codex in extinction, we will miss, I predict, a number of things about it.

John Updike

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I'm the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it's still about the work.

Jim Carrey

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I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? - and I worried that its lack of a clear category would count against it. My hopes for it were pretty modest.

Jennifer Egan

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A short story is the shortest distance between two points; a novel is the scenic route.

Robert J. Sawyer

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Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.

Robert H. Schuller

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They're elite athletes. They're amazing athletes. That's why I love football. I mean, it's incredible to me to see them go out for an unbelievable pass and actually make the catch. It's just an amazing game of athleticism and skill. They're different; there's no question. They're huge, they're fast, and they're all these wonderful things.

Ann McKee

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I skipped 'College Dropout' and 'Late Registration' and went straight to '808s & Heartbreak.'

Travis Scott

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I feel pretty good. My body actually looks like an old banana, but it's fine.

Mike Piazza

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Sometimes with Polaroids, the shot you want to get in your head doesn't happen. What it makes me do is be patient, I guess, or let go of that presumption of what the shot's going to be.

Mike McCready

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I want to continue to play characters that are not like me at all, and transform.

Janina Gavankar

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I grew up in the once segregated South. I experienced forced integration during my formative school years. I lived the sacrifices, burdens, and tears. I also lived the moments of understanding, of acknowledgment, of fellowship and success. I saw my parents and grandparents coming home beaten down - and some of my friends beaten up.

Donna Brazile

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I watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure.

Dawn French

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It just clicked that it was the next step for me; choreographing didn't interest me, and opening a studio wasn't a passion for me. I didn't know if I'd be very good at acting, but then my first scene in acting class... I just loved it.

Bree Turner

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