"The essential self is innocent, and when it……" — John Updike
"The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever."
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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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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,…
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Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
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I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue.
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We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state,…
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The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
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Bathtubs, pools, water - to me, it's a very essential part of being grounded and sensual and feeling yourself.
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Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed.…
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The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind…
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The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work…
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The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be…
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In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.
— Gary Bauer
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A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us.…
— Robert Foster Bennett
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