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John Updike Quotes

John Updike quotes

American Novelist, Writer March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009

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John Updike quote: "There is this quality, in things, of the right way seeming..."
There is this quality, in things, of the right way seeming wrong at first. John Updike
John Updike quote: "It's been the same story ever since I can remember, ever since..."
It's been the same story ever since I can remember, ever since Wilson? the Republicans don't do a thing for the little man. John Updike
John Updike quote: "But it seems to me that once you begin a gesture it's fatal..."
But it seems to me that once you begin a gesture it's fatal not to go through with it. John Updike
John Updike quote: "We are cruel enough without meaning to be."
We are cruel enough without meaning to be. John Updike
John Updike quote: "There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the..."
There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't. John Updike
John Updike quote: "Government is either organized benevolence or organized..."
Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. John Updike
For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. John Updike
John Updike quote: "Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is..."
Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism. John Updike
John Updike quote: "Atrocity is truly emperor; All things that thrive are slaves..."
Atrocity is truly emperor; All things that thrive are slaves of cruel Creation. John Updike
John Updike quote: "What you haven't done by thirty you're not likely to do. What..."
What you haven't done by thirty you're not likely to do. What you have done you'll do lots more. John Updike
John Updike quote: "One does not go to Moscow to get fat."
One does not go to Moscow to get fat. John Updike
John Updike quote: "You do things and do things and nobody really has a clue."
You do things and do things and nobody really has a clue. John Updike
John Updike quote: "Everybody who tells you how to act has whiskey on their breath."
Everybody who tells you how to act has whiskey on their breath. John Updike

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