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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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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. – John Updike

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Leadership
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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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alone
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The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion. – John Updike

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Religion
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Other Quotes from
Poetry
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The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it. – Robert Penn Warren

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Poetry

It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse. – John Drinkwater

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Poetry

There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song. – Phil Ochs

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Poetry

Ive often entertained paranoid suspicions about my fridge and what its been doing to my poetry when Im not looking, but I never even considered that my fan was thinking about me. – George Murray

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Poetry

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Keep it simple in the kitchen. If you use quality ingredients, you dont need anything fancy to make food delicious: just a knife, a cutting board, and some good nonstick cookware, and youre set. – Curtis Stone

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You cant wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. – Jack London

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motivational

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, youll be amazed at the results. – George S. Patton

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amazing

Americans are fascinated by their own love of shopping. This does not make them unique. Its just that they have more to buy than most other people on the planet. And its also an affirmation of faith in their country. – Simon Hoggart

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Faith