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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without

Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. – John Updike

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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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That a marriage ends is less than ideal but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. – John Updike

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The only cure for seasickness is to sit on the shady side of an old brick church in the country. – Author Unknown

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A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I – Theodore White

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Most of us, I suppose, are a little nervous of the sea. No matter what its smiles may be, we doubt its friendship. – H.M. Tomlinson

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The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea. – Isak Dinesen

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Once you come up with a premise, you have to work out how it all happened. Its a bit like coming up with a spectacular roof design first. Before you can get it up there, you need to build a solid foundation and supporting structure. – Linwood Barclay

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I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer. – Dennis Kucinich

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