Quote by John Updike
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child.& Just how childlike

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child.& Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five. – John Updike

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Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation. One can either see or be seen. – John Updike

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Celebrity
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Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another days progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper. – John Updike

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

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[Golf] is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture. – Winston Churchill

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Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula. And it took a seven to do that. – Jim Murray

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Man blames fate for other accidents but feels personally responsible for a hole in one. – Martha Beckman

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Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses. – Adlai Stevenson

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Its cool for me because Im a director, but Im also a teacher. Im a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work. – John Singleton

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Put your soul into your work, not your hand… – State Safety News, September 1916, published by the University of Arizona Bureau

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