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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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Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. – John Updike

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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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Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. – John Updike

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Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. – Andy Warhol

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The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. – Francis Bacon

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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. – Salma Hayek

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Pictures must not be too picturesque. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately. – Benjamin Franklin

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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. – William Dean Howells

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Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor is the Teflon coating. – Laurel Lee

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