John Irving Quotes
I lived five years in the Midwest, and I loved it. The people were so nice. The people were so open.
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I'd really love to work with Quentin Tarantino. There's so many people that I'd love to work with, but there's something about Quentin, and one of my all-time favorite films is 'Kill Bill.' Something along those lines would be such a blast.
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With the release of her fourth album, 'Red,' in 2012 and a handful of highly publicized romances, Taylor was criticized by the press and other entertainers for such sinful acts as dating people and writing songs about it, gaining a reputation as boy-crazy and love-ridden.
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I was born in Bradford, a city in the north of England that God forgot about. A place where most people never leave, but if they do, they certainly never go back.
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
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People may remember something I did on the field for a couple of days, maybe a week.
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We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.
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I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
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Wasting time is something that people do or feel all over the world, not just in Italy.
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So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.
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We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show.
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I was amazed at the support that I got when I was in there. And when I came out people knew that I was back on track. I was interested in working again.
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Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
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The gift I have to give to my fellow countrymen and people around the world, the facts are the Muslim community are our gift. They are the fabric of what makes America great.
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I think Gil Scott-Heron is a king. He's a brilliant, broken king.
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It's human nature to want to be with other people.
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Our games are not always the best, but they are exciting, which is what people love to see.
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When your maturity is derived from circumstantial factors other than faith, your level of maturity would continue to fluctuate rather than being stable. This is why I am enabled to maintain a balance and stable approach to the challenges that come my way every day. I am not moved by what people say or do concerning my relationship with God.
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It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us.
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I'd rather not ever make anything overly simple just because I'm scared people won't get it.
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People read vampire novels and say, 'Oh I want to read another vampire novel.' People read fantasy, and they're like, 'Oh I love fantasy.' I don't know that people are necessarily finishing 'Hunger Games' and immediately wanting to read another dystopian tale.
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I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.
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I lived five years in the Midwest, and I loved it. The people were so nice. The people were so open.
