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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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Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another days progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper. – John Updike

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

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Art
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Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience. – John Updike

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Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true. – Napoleon Hill

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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. – Eric Hoffer

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The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. – James Russell Lowell

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All mens miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. – Blaise Pascal

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I have no fear of death. More important, I dont fear life. – Steven Seagal

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Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but its there if you look deep. – Taraji P. Henson

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There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick. – Grover Whalen

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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less. – Nancy Pelosi

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