John Irving Quotes
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One of my thoughts on the back nine was 'I don't know how Tiger has won 14 of these things,' I couldn't feel my legs on the back nine.
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The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
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I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.
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I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life, I'd be Loretta Lynn.
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There is nothing deeper than to work for a year with the same artist.
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I don't take it very seriously. You shouldn't let your success get to your head or failure get to your heart. This is most commonly said. But people don't really practise it. I don't see myself as a celebrity; it has not sunk in. I just see myself as someone doing a nine-to-six job like a techie.
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For me, I'm not a jealous person. That's just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.
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Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.
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You want to reach people, but you also want to reach them in the most authentic way. You now have a mass market and an audience that's listening, but they're in love with a song that means absolutely nothing to you.
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The mission that unites all of the programs of the Teach For All global network is that of cultivating the leadership capacity critical to ultimately ensuring educational opportunity for all.
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If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.
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I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.
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Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling.
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I always recommend rewiring vintage lighting. It's not a bargain if your house burns down.
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We lived, ate, and breathed pop songs.
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There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them.
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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.
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Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility.
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When you pay your money to see me, I want you to have the best concert you can have from me.
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I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.
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I do not deny that what happened to us is a thing worth laughing at. But it is not worth telling, for not everyone is sufficiently intelligent to be able to see things from the right point of view.
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I was worried a bit at the beginning because I didn't know how the situation was. Once the ATP wanted to do the tournament, I realised there was no risk at all. I'm very sorry about what happened. It's not easy to be here knowing so many people were killed very near from here.
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A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
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I have a very poor record at multiple choice questions.
