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Quote by John Updike
For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are message

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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The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. – 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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Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. – John Updike

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The mind can cook up very subtle syndromes to throw at our bodies. – Terri Guillemets

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The ability to move disappears earlier than the ability to hear. Wherefore, beside the comatose and in the operating room, keep your mouth shut. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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The body never lies. – Martha Graham

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Why do we pay for psychotherapy when massages cost half as much? – Jason Love

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