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Takes Quotes by John Updike
- Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.
- I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes…
- American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian Surrealism.
- We are drawn to artists who tell us that art is difficult to do and takes a spiritual effort, because we are still puritan enough…
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- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising,… — Isaac Asimov
- I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his… — Chinua Achebe
- It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch… — Red Auerbach
- Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight… — Marcus Aurelius
- Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully… — Diane Ackerman
- It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true. — Roger Babson
- I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes. — Kevin Bacon
- Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent. — Kevin Bacon
- I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to… — Kevin Bacon
- I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you to where… — Erykah Badu