"But it seems to me that once..." - Quote by John Updike
But it seems to me that once you begin a gesture it's fatal not to go through with it.
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“Life is a razor, you are always in hot water or a scrape.”
“There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't.”
“It is not an aesthetic misstep to make the viewer aware of the paint and the painter's hand. Such an empathetic awareness lies at the heart of aesthetic appreciation.”
More on Commitment
“Remember that creating a successful marriage is like farming: you have to start over again every morning.”
“That whatever a man says, promises, or resolves in passion he must stick to later on when he is cold and sober--this demand is among the heaviest burdens that weigh on humankind.”
“Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.”
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“If watching is all you're going to do, then you're going to watch your life go by without you.”
“In order to make a visualization a reality in the world of form, you must be willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen.”
“A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.”