"Humor is my default mode." — John Updike
"Humor is my default mode."
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339 Quotes by John Updike
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You always find things you didn't know you were going to say, and that is the adventure...
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Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic un-interestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity,…
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The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.
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I imagine most of that stuff on the information highway is roadkill anyway.
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I assume my stance, and take back the club, low, slowly; at the top, my eyes fog over, and my…
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In memory's telephoto lens, far objects are magnified.
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Without rain, there would be no life.
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Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us.
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Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have stuck with them longer.
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What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin…
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"Hit it with the back of your left hand" was the first swing thought I ever heard, brusquely bu not…
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...as all souls are equal before their Maker, a two inch putt counts the same as a 250 yard drive.…
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Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international…
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To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.
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My default position is not to be an actor. My default position is to be a follower of Jesus Christ.…
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Everybody should be normal. Everybody should be nice. I think they go hand in hand, and that to me is…
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In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have…
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There are good reasons to believe in God, including the existence of mathematical principles and order in creation. They are…
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I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also…
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I think there are many feminists who would say that I am not a feminist. I love women, I have…
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By creating the European Central Bank, the member states exposed their own government bonds to the risk of default. Developed…
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The money problem facing the country from 1789 to 1896 existed because Congress never exercised is authority to "coin money…
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I hereby pledge that, if elected to represent the people of South Dakota, I will never vote to shut down…
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Everyone’s default state is this pleasantry state. My goal in the show is to undercut that as quickly as possible.…
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