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Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then retur

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. – John Updike

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Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another days progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper. – 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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Customs and convictions change respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art. – John Updike

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That shes the worst driver in the history of drivers. If I know shes going somewhere, I stay home. When asked what time has taught him about Jennifer Aniston – Matthew Perry

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And I, I took the road less traveled by. I was using a GPS system. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly. – Author Unknown

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What a lucky thing the wheel was invented before the automobile; otherwise can you imagine the awful screeching? – Samuel Hoffenstein

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