"I was raised in the Depression, when there……" — John Updike
"I was raised in the Depression, when there was a great sense of dog-eat-dog and people fighting over scraps."
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339 Quotes by John Updike
John Updike has 339 quotes on this site.
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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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There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium…
— Antonin Artaud
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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
— Francis of Assisi
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in…
— Marcus Aurelius
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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
— Emilie Autumn
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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.
— Richard Bach
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Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what…
— Richard Bach
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There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be…
— Stephen Baldwin
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I went from being very popular and the head of the clique in the sixth grade to having, like, kid…
— Tyra Banks
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If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go…
— Lynda Barry
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In general, the more food we eat in its natural state - without additives - and the less it is…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a…
— Ben Bernanke
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Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who…
— Bjork
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