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Quote by John Updike
Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the

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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Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. – John Updike

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Driving
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The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things. – John Updike

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Golf
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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change. – John Barton

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Poetry

If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. – John Drinkwater

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Poetry

Poetry is the overflowing of the soul. – Henry T. Tuckerman, “Bryant,” Thoughts on the Poets, 1850

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Poetry

If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there – not because youve done a comedy performance but because youre talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul. – Roger McGough

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Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. – Thomas Jefferson

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Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost. – David Mamet

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If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretarys. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes. – Michael Bloomberg

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