John Irving Quotes
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up hiking and horseback riding in Tennessee, so I love being outside. I will joyfully run 12 miles, but I'm not very good at boot camps. When they start yelling, I start laughing.
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I would like to direct.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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What I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.
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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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Love meant laying every single thing out on the line and trusting that the other person would lay everything out, too. Without fear. And without regret. “How”
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One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?
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You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.
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Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art.
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I had to work to put myself through school, so I always worked in the heaviest industries I could find because that's who paid the best.
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If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.
