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Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.

John Updike / Novelist
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Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.

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Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.

John Updike Novelist

I will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval carvers who so fondly sculpted the undersides of choir seats.

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I like short stories.

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He was afflicted by the thought that where Beauty was, nothing ever ran quite straight, which no doubt, was why so many people looked on it as immoral.

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She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.

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I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.

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