Quote by John Updike
The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it. – John Updike

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What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike

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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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Dreams come true without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. – John Updike

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I knew that I did not have to buy into societys notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my spaceship and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again. – Warren Mitchell

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Junk mail, junk food, our society is full of junk living, period. – Terri Guillemets

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Without intervention today, the cost of care for adults with autism will be significantly greater and the burden will no longer lie with the parents, but on our entire society. – Jenny McCarthy

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And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette. – Minoru Yamasaki

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Millions of Americans find community, comfort and support in their faith. – Sheila Jackson Lee

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