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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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A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other peoples patience. – John Updike

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Patience
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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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Poetry
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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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Body
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The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man. – Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media

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We are not proving ourselves spiritually worthy of our material progress. We have not been neighborly, courteous, and kind upon the highway. Our lack of decency toward our fellow men is a definite black mark against us. – Cary T. Grayson

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The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance,” 1841

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If it isnt a success, that still wouldnt be grounds for divorce. On her film The Long Kiss Goodnight produced by husband Renny Harlin – Geena Davis

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Be the master of your fate, be the captain of your soul, but do not hesitate, should the chance befall you, to be the slave of your heart. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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When one bases his life on principle, 99 percent of his decisions are already made. – Author Unknown

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Ive always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible. – Albert Brooks

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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. – Louisa May Alcott

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