John Irving Quotes
(In reference to Vermont's Act 60): This is Marxism. It's leveling everything by decimating what works ... It's that vindictive 'We've suffered, and now we're going to take money from your kid and watch you squirm'... There's a minority which is an open target in this country which no one protects, and that's rich people.
Quotes to Explore
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Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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In India, nobody really talks about works of art; they always talk about the appreciation of art. You buy this for 3,000 rupees, it'll become 30,000 in two months.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
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I think, on the rap side of life, I've always been inspired by and respected Missy Elliott for a long time. She's funny and created an image for herself that was non-sexualized but was really interesting and really cool and really kind of avant-garde in a lot of ways.
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Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do.
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This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
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I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.
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If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand.
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Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people... have to walk out of the shadows.
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In Sweden, there's a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn't as prevalent in the U.S. I feel that successful American women are tougher than Swedish women - they create their space.
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(In reference to Vermont's Act 60): This is Marxism. It's leveling everything by decimating what works ... It's that vindictive 'We've suffered, and now we're going to take money from your kid and watch you squirm'... There's a minority which is an open target in this country which no one protects, and that's rich people.
