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Being naked approaches being revolutionary going barefoot is mere populism.
John Updike
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John Updike
Age: 76 †
Born: 1932
Born: March 18
Died: 2009
Died: January 27
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The stripped and shapely Maple grieves The ghosts of her Departed leaves. The ground is hard, As hard as stone. The year is old, The birds are flown.
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It is easy to love people in memory the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.
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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.
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The world keeps ending but new people too dumb to know it keep showing up as if the fun's just started.
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