Quote by John Updike
What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the

What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – John Updike

Other quotes by John Updike

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation. One can either see or be seen. – John Updike

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Celebrity
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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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Wisdom
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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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Truth
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Other Quotes from
Breathing
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In an underdeveloped country, don’t drink the water; in a developed country, don’t breathe the air. – Changing Times magazine

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Breathing

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am. – Sylvia Plath

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Breathing

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. – Oprah Winfrey

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Breathing

What we call ‘I’ is just a swinging door, which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. – Shunryu Suzuki

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Breathing

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Only in death will I relinquish my belts. – Manny Pacquiao

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Death

Im a car fanatic and each morning I wake up with a smile on my face, whether Im commentating on the Formula One or at Silver Hatch racetrack in Roary the Racing Car. – Murray Walker

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car

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. – Edmund Burke

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For some it is love undeniably. For others it is making it work, never actually knowing what it is. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Love