"Perhaps I have written fiction because everything unambiguously……" — John Updike
"Perhaps I have written fiction because everything unambiguously expressed seems somehow crass to me; and when the subject is myself, I want to jeer and weep."
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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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Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover…
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I don't think it's fair - you get married, you give your wife a wedding ring. I think you should…
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When I go to the cinema, I want to have a cinematic experience. Some people ignore the sound and you…
— Lynne Ramsay
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I despair of the Republic! Such dreariness, such whining sallow women, such utter absence of the amenities, such crass food,…
— Edith Wharton
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At times, I come across as crude or crass, that irritates you when I come across like a Neanderthal or…
— Mike Tyson
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It is not OK in this culture to talk to friends about causes you believe in, much less to ask…
— Donella Meadows
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Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention, and irreclaimable weakness…
— James Bridie
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No single imagination is wild or crass or cheesy enough to compete with the collective mindlessness that propels our fascination…
— Unknown Author
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Killing time. Its a very crass and breezy expression when you ponder it for a moment, considering that time, after…
— Christopher
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We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status
— Jonathon Porritt
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I'm very aware that when my friends and I sit around over dinner these days, the conversation invariably turns to…
— Tom Ford
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I'm crass, contemptuous and crude, obstreperous, obnoxious, rambunctiously raw and rude.
— Mario Cantone
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