John Irving Quotes
I think there is often a 'what if' proposition that gets me thinking about all my novels.
Quotes to Explore
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Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.
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My sister, mom and I all wear the same size, so I shop a lot at a boutique called 'my mother's closet' that is right down the hall from my bedroom. She has vintage Comme des Garcons dresses that I feel so elegant wearing.
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Young audience, in the age group of 16-33 years, constitutes the main viewership of Bollywood films.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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When I taught, the way in which we got evaluated is what I used to call the drive-by evaluation. Somebody would come in for 20 minutes with a checklist, and that would be your evaluation. So it was clearly a snapshot.
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?
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In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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Just for the record, I personally do agree with some of the sentiments of Rabbi Meir Kahane. I think he was right about certain things, wrong about other things, but I have absolutely nothing, no association whatsoever with Kahane Chai leaders.
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If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.
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You can learn so much from children, and you can give them so much.
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The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
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To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.
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My point of view is that if I love a certain kind of beauty, I want more of that beauty. I don't need 200 different beauties.
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Growing up, I was not told that there were women's areas of preoccupation or male ones.
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The Qur'an is in many ways far less concrete than the Bible, relying on the esoteric more often than the apparent.
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Given the knee-jerk patriotism of recent war movies, it's discouraging to see 'Windtalkers' evade pertinent facts that could have recast the doubled-edged issues of racism and loyalty and made them relevant to contemporary times.
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There is so much talent in British fashion: a real cookie jar of different aesthetics with designers like Mary Katrantzou, Erdem, Christopher Kane, J. W. Anderson, and Simone Rocha.
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The World is what we think it is. If we can change our thoughts, we can change the world.
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I think there is often a 'what if' proposition that gets me thinking about all my novels.
