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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late

Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. – John Updike

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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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What art offers is space — a certain breathing room for the spirit. – 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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There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when Im alone and trying to solve a sentence. Its exciting, even when its frustrating, even when I cant do it right. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss. – Guru Nanak

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Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived. – Walter Annenberg

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While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life. – Josh McDowell

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A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. – John Ruskin

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Its not the having, its the getting. – Charles Spurgeon

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I thoroughly enjoyed working on Enemy of the State. Tony Scott is an important director, and has an amazing ability to express himself, and he doesnt do it in musical terms , he does it in emotional terms. I got along really well with him. – Trevor Rabin

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God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. – Rebecca West

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