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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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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. – John Updike

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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. – John Updike

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For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities. – John Updike

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It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place this world is when one is playing golf. – Robert Lynd

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Golf, like the measles, should be caught young, for, if postponed to riper years, the results may be serious. – P.G. Wodehouse, A Mixed Threesome, 1922

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If you wish to hide your character, do not play golf. – Percey Boomer

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Eighteen holes of match or medal play will teach you more about your foe than will 18 years of dealing with him across a desk. – Grantland Rice [See also: “If you would read a mans Disposition, see him Game, y

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