Quote by John Updike
Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of

Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. – 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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Patience
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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. – John Updike

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alone
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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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Marriage
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I routinely never discuss my marriage. Its nice to have things in my life that are totally mine. – Ryan Adams

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My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol. – Mercedes McCambridge

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When two people marry they become in the eyes of the law one person, and that one person is the husband! – Shana Alexander

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Marriage

It was a perfect marriage. She didnt want to and he couldnt. – Spike Milligan

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No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well. – Henry David Thoreau

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We may be personally defeated, but our principles never! – William Lloyd Garrison

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Success demands singleness of purpose. – Vince Lombardi

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