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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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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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Of plants tomatoes seemed the most human, eager and fragile and prone to rot. – John Updike

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You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it. – John Updike

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U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. – Bono

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I have been alone since my husband died. I stay in my home. I dont date. Its hard to date when youre at home. Nobody knows you. – Anna Nicole Smith

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All we ask is to be let alone. – Jefferson Davis

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