Quote by John Updike
It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived po

It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike

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The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion. – John Updike

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Religion
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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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Art
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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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Worse than telling a lie is spending the rest of your life staying true to a lie. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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There are only two ways of telling the complete truth — anonymously and posthumously. – Thomas Sowell

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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. – Thomas Carlyle

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In confession… we open our lives to healing, reconciling, restoring, uplifting grace of him who loves us in spite of what we are. – Louis Cassels

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What I do doesnt sit well in the world of hipsterville. I dont have a cool card, but I also dont have thin skin. – Chris Daughtry

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I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story thats more universal than just language and dialogue. I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Theyre very powerful figures in my life. – Josh Gad

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No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a woman. – Van Wyck Brooks

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I wanted to prove the sustaining power of music. – David Bowie

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