"Many men are more faithful to their golf……" — John Updike
"Many men are more faithful to their golf partners than to their wives and have stuck with them longer."
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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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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 was clearly great charm and worth in a sport so quaintly perverse in its basic instructions. Hit down to…
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During my first term in Congress, I signed a pledge that I will take no more earmarks and I've been…
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It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.
— Brigitte Bardot
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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual…
— Isaac Barrow
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That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good…
— Aphra Behn
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
— Louisa May Alcott
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Let us preach Christ, let us be faithful to proclaiming the Gospel, but let's leave judgment in the hands of…
— Tony Campolo
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Mothers, look after your daughters, keep them near you, keep their confidence - that they may be true and faithful.
— Elmina Shepard Taylor
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The awful wrongs and sufferings forced upon the innocent, helpless, faithful animal race form the blackest chapter in the whole…
— Unknown Author
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The strength of God will enable us, a small but faithful band, to overcome the multitude of the faithless.
— Unknown Author
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Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their…
— William Gurnall
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Faithful continued prayer is one key to answered prayer. As James expresses it, "You do not have, because you do…
— John F Walvoord
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For me, the promised land, always seeming just beyond my reach, is the poetic masterpiece, that perfect union of words…
— Unknown Author
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