"For some of us, books are intrinsic..." - Quote by John Updike
For some of us, books are intrinsic to our sense of personal identity.
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“The educational aspect of art shows has become overbearing: some of exhibits can leave you bleary from trying to read the walls. Presumably a piece of art is timeless and it can say something to us. You are taking away the right of art to talk for itself.”
“It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.”
“President George] Bush talked to us like we were a bunch of morons and we ate it up. Can you imagine, the Pledge of Allegiance, read my lips-can you imagine such crap in this day and age?”
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“A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest with Greek he over-run ye, Procure the book for love or money, Translated from Boileau's translation, And quote quotation on quotation.”
“I do not hesitate to read. all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable-any real insight or broad human sentiment.”
“An index is a great leveller.”
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“We all have our own story. And we stay attached to our story. This can stop us from growing and living. You wanna make your life better? Change your story, change your life.”
“My body and my will are one.”
“In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.”