John Irving Quotes
I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.
John Irving
Quotes to Explore
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Advertising, music, atmospheres, subliminal messages and films can have an impact on our emotional life, and we cannot control it because we are not even conscious of it.
Tariq Ramadan
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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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I've learned that the key is to fight with no pressure.
Rafael dos Anjos
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
Saint Ignatius
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'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'
Hannah Simone
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I had saved a lot of money working at Mrs. Fields' Chocolate Chip Cookies, ushering at the Golden Gate Theatre, and doing odd jobs so I could live in New York for a few months. If it ran out, I would have to give up and go home. It turned out OK. I got my Equity card and started working.
B. D. Wong
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There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.
Jack Dee
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I couldn't believe that Donald Trump won. I couldn't believe that we elected an orangutan to front the country.
Wanda Sykes
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I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.
J. C. Watts
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
Quintilian
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Executive orders are meant for occasional use, not to force something through that the people's elected representatives aren't going to make law.
Fabrizio Moreira
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I'll have to self-publish it because unless you're on the 'New York Times' bestseller lists, anthologies don't sell all that well. However, low sales to a big publisher are a major success to a small one!
P. N. Elrod
