“We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable.”
—John Updike.
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John Updike: Brutal facts of being a carnivore
“I’m somewhat shy about the brutal facts of being a carnivore. I don’t like meat to look like animals. I prefer it in the form of sausages, hamburger and meat loaf, far removed from the living thing.”
—John Updike.
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John Updike: Dare to go it alone
“Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.”
—John Updike.
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John Updike: Fits into human hand
“Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback.”
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John Updike: Healthy adult male bore
“A healthy adult male bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people’s patience.”
—John Updike.
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John Updike: Writers
“Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.”
—John Updike.
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John Updike: Merely machines
“If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money.”
—John Updike.
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John Updike: Rain
“Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth;without rain, there would be no life.”
—John Updike.
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John Updike: Books
“Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback.”
—John Updike, writer (18 Mar 1932-2009).
John Updike liked being on the show and tried not to laugh in the recording. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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John Updike: Americans and newness
John Updike liked being on the show and tried not to laugh in the recording. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them. ”
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John Updike: Leaders
“A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. ”
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John Updike: Artist
John Updike via last.fm
“The artist brings something into the world that didn’t exist before, and he does it without destroying something else.” –John Updike, writer (1932-2009)
Quite a Quote! 