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I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. – John Updike

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Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. – John Updike

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Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. – 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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Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us. – Charles de Secondat

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It felt like the first thing, but when I first started out, I got a job adapting a book by Russell Banks called Rule Of The Bone. I didnt do a very good job. I didnt really know what I was doing in general, let alone how to adapt a book. – Paul Thomas Anderson

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We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders. – Maya Angelou

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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. – John Quincy Adams

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In the back of your mind, when you say you want to write music for the movies, youre saying that you want a big house, a big car and a boat. If you just wanted to write music, you could live in Kansas and do it. – Bill Conti

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A short absence is the safest. – Ovid

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