Quotes of John Updike

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What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.

- John Updike

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“ I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear," and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet! ”

- John Green

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ After your first failure, the occurrence of a second failure closely depends on what you have learned from your past mistakes and whether or not you have drawn some valuable lessons. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’ ”

- Tupac Shakur

“ You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are. ”

- Matthew

“ Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become. ”

- Mary Weber

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ You are successful in my book if you do what you love for a living; you do not owe money to anyone; you have a place what you call home; you have a wife/husband, a girlfriend/boyfriend, or a partner who loves and respects you; and most importantly, you are surrounded by friends and loved ones who stand by you in good and bad days. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Visionary decisionmaking happens at the intersection of intuition and logic. ”

- Gandhi

“ I do love nothing in the world so well as you is not that strange? ”

- William Shakespeare

“ If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. ”

- Tallulah Bankhead

“ Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense. ”

- e.e. cummings

“ When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. ”

- Wayne Dyer

“ I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ”

- Charlotte Bronte

“ Numbers by popular consensus don’t make a wrong thing right, and if you are misunderstood for being right, don’t be afraid because they are not yet in the right time zone. ”

- Erwin D. Maramat

“ Your past, including your failures, simply offers feedback that makes you wiser and stronger than before. ”

- Brittany Burgunder

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ Some symbols reach to your primordial archives. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ I love you and it’s getting worse. ”

- Joseph E. Morris

“ When you know my love, my love will warm you. ”

- Ruby Dee

“ Her footprints are leaving green marks on the desert heart of mine ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax