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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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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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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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Truth should not be forced it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man. – John Updike

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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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Drive slow and enjoy the scenery — drive fast and join the scenery. – Doug Horton

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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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Eighty percent of the people of Britain want more money spent on public transport — in order that other people will travel on the buses so that there is more room for them to drive their cars. – John Selwyn Gummer, The Independent, 1994

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