"To guarantee the individual maximum freedom within a……" — John Updike
"To guarantee the individual maximum freedom within a social frame of minimal laws ensures - if not happiness - its hopeful pursuit."
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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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The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that…
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And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because…
— Andrew Carnegie
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The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of…
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I [do not know] when the end of science will come. ... What I do know is that our species…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neo-Darwinian language and conceptual structure itself ensures scientific failure: Major questions posed by zoologists cannot be answered from inside the…
— Lynn Margulis
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Verily, the word of Allah teaches us, and we implicitly believe it, that for a Muslim to kill a Jew,…
— Unknown Author
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The Church has a special duty to safeguard and strengthen the sacredness of the Eucharist. In our pluralistic and often…
— Pope John Paul II
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How many murders are committed in Gauteng, or in the Western Cape, in a month? A week? A day? An…
— Thabo Mbeki
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We intend to continue our practice of working only with people whom we like and admire. This policy not only…
— Warren Buffett
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This fight has nothing to do with soldierly gallantry or principles of the Geneva Convention. If the fight against the…
— Wilhelm Keitel
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Competition is the most promising means to achieve and secure prosperity. It alone enables people in their role of consumer…
— Ludwig Erhard
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New West End Company ensures that there is a body that can put significant investment into the West End, targeted…
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