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Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy,

Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience. – John Updike

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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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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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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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When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff experience, it just seems like it went by really fast. – Roger Clemens

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Experience is that marvelous thing that enable you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. – Franklin P. Jones

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Life is full of change and uncertainty. We know this. We experience it on a daily basis. – Carre Otis

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I loved making Pure Country. It was a great learning experience for me, seeing another part of the entertainment industry. – George Strait

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Work with your competitors when the interest of the community and planet are at stake. – Simon Mainwaring

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When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way. – Robin Wright Penn

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These are important reforms. Infrastructure, education, health, hospitals, closing the gap with indigenous Australians. Also the Apology to the first Australians. As Prime Minister of the country I am proud of each and every one of these achievements. – Kevin Rudd

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We resent an injury from a friend more than from an enemy. – Sophocles

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