Quote by John Updike
Customs and convictions change respectable people are the last to

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 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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Of plants tomatoes seemed the most human, eager and fragile and prone to rot. – John Updike

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A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other peoples patience. – John Updike

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I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them. – Nelson Mandela

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I love art dealers. In some ways, theyre my favorite people in the art world. Really. I love that they put their money where their taste is, create their own aesthetic universes, support artists, employ people, and do all of this while letting us see art for free. Many are visionaries. – Jerry Saltz

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Growing up going to Christian school and the concept that youre born a sinner and you dont really have a choice to change who you are has been hammered into my head and created the entire reason why I made art and made a band and made records called Antichrist Superstar. – Marilyn Manson

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Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them no art can keep or acquire them. – Blaise Pascal

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A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy. – Camille Paglia

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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. – Joseph Addison

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If youre bored with life – you dont get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you dont have enough goals. – Lou Holtz

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Science arose from poetry… when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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