John Irving Quotes
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.John Irving
Quotes to Explore
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
Malcolm Forbes -
My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.
Canelo Alvarez -
The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
Walter Cronkite -
If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
Najib Mikati -
I don't know anyone who's suffered lung cancer.
Iain Glen -
I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
Laura Lang
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When I was 20, I thought anyone in the music business over 25 is past it. Then at 30, you think anyone still doing it at 35 is ridiculous. Suddenly, you find yourself at 48 and still doing it, so I don't know what to say, really.
Vince Clarke Erasure -
I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
Victoria Pendleton -
Some people remaster their records six, seven times, remix it three, four times, spend a million hours, then they always go back and hear a demo of it and they'll say, 'Aw that sounds so much better than the final mix.'
Jack White The White Stripes -
I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
Harold E. Varmus -
Falsehood is a perennial spring.
Edmund Burke -
I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
Sam Underwood
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
Yuna -
Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.
Maeve Binchy -
When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
Hamza Yusuf -
War is a tragedy. It's not pretty, and in my opinion, there are no winners. Everybody's a victim, from the one who's suffering pain to the person inflicting it.
Edgar Ramirez -
When I saw the first I couldn't believe I was in another great movie that would be made into a trilogy. This movie is quite visible and I think it will stand the test of time. I think kids and parents will love this movie for a long time.
Orlando Bloom -
I like going into nature and that's where I'm happiest.
Garry Shandling
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The city and the crowd unidealise love; and love, in the young warm heart of a girl, should be a dream apart from all commoner emotions - as sweet and as ethereal as the blush with which it is born and dies. Beauty gives its own gracefulness to love - there must be romance blended with the passion inspired by the very lovely face which the mirror reflected.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon -
The only two things that I think about in life is my family and golf. That's all I want to think about.
Jason Day -
Honestly, I don't focus on what my writing is called. I don't mean to sound artsy and pretentious, I just really can't think of things in that way. For me, the point is telling a story that keeps people up past bedtime, while hopefully exploring ideas that resonate.
Marcus Sakey -
When I feel like work and life are both going well, I feel like I can be fully present at both. I think the reminder to me is that both are super important, and I need to be able to feel like I can experience both in the way that makes me happiest. If I'm not happy in one or the other, it really affects the other side.
Katrina Lake -
When you go hard your nays become yays. Yankee stadium with Jays and Kanyes.
Nicki Minaj -
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.
John Irving