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“Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.”

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John Updike

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Leadership

John Updike

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

Art

John Updike

Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper.

Morning

John Updike

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

Patience