“Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.”
— John Updike
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The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided
“The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education.”
— John Updike
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Every marriage tends to consist of an
“Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.”
— John Updike
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Truth should not be forced; it should
“Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man.”
— John Updike
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A leader is one who, out of
“A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.”
— John Updike
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That a marriage ends is less than
“That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds.”
— John Updike
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What art offers is space – a
“What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.”
— John Updike
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Most of American life consists of driving
“Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.”
— John Updike
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Customs and convictions change; respectable people are
“Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.”
— John Updike
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Golf appeals to the idiot in us
“Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.”
— John Updike
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I love my government not least for
“I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.”
— John Updike
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