"I'm not against TV; I don't go on the morning talk shows because I'm not invited. If I was, I might go."

-- John Updike

#Morning Quotes #Goes On Quotes #Might Quotes

“Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I ever listened to, in some form, influenced my taste.”
“Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.”
“Let others know when they have hurt or angered you. By not speaking up when someone insults or mistreats you, you are inadvertently giving permission for him or her to continue to treat you in the same way in the future.”

Source : Beverly Engel (2011). “AARP The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused--and Start Standing Up for Yourself”, p.4, John Wiley & Sons
“The state is not competent in artistic matters... When the state leaves us free, it will have carried out its duty.”
“Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.”
“I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition.”
“I like a great degree of compression. I like to mix lateral steps with forward ones. I don't want the prose ever to feel simply functional - at least not for any stretch.”
“You make a choice in your life, and it affects your life in all the ways, good and bad.”

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