John Irving Quotes
With every book, you go back to school. You become a student. You become an investigative reporter. You spend a little time learning what it's like to live in someone else's shoes.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisers.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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With 'Kids React,' it started, hilariously enough, by thinking, 'Why, teenage girls seem to love 'Twilight' so much!' We went from wanting to ask them ourselves to coming up with the larger and more universal concept of a bunch of Kids reacting to viral videos.
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I write because it's my way of finding cool ideas, thinking through hard problems and things I don't understand, and getting better at something.
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Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me, I'm not sure why.
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With every book, you go back to school. You become a student. You become an investigative reporter. You spend a little time learning what it's like to live in someone else's shoes.
