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I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves m

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. – 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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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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It rots a writers brain, it cretinises you. You say the same thing again and again, and when you do that happily youre well on the way to being a cretin. Or a politician. – John Updike

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Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone. – Deborah Tannen

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Im fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. Id like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people dont like being alone because they truly dont like themselves, but I love me. – Gene Simmons

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Ive also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create. – Yousuf Karsh

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The doer alone learneth. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love. – Mark Twain

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It would seem that Nature has prescribed to every one from the moment of his birth certain limits for virtue and vice. – François VI de la Rochefoucault (1613–1680)

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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it. – Haile Gebrselassie

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Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nations position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts. – Dianne Feinstein

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