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lon lon
 
M$3 January 27, 2009 08:04 PM

Author John Updike died today at 76. What's your favorite John Updike quote?

Could be from one of his books or an interview or a speech.  Anywhere.  Take your pick.
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nativenerd nativenerd
 
 January 28, 2009 12:57 AM
From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few.
John Updike
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• No particular reason, I suppose. It's perceptive and dryly witty, which I like in a quote.


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jicjackitt... jicjackitt...
 
January 27, 2009 08:38 PM
Sex is like money; only too much is enough.

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dattappan dattappan
 
January 27, 2009 09:10 PM
Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.
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lookacleve... lookacleve...
 
January 27, 2009 09:17 PM
Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

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lauriem lauriem
 
January 27, 2009 09:38 PM
"Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone." (1980, while accepting the Edward MacDowell Medal)

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joyannj joyannj
 
January 29, 2009 01:12 AM
I love this one:
"The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all." --John Updike
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/4364544/John-Updike-a-life-i...


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