John Irving Quotes
I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was a good debut novel for me to have published. I was 26 or 27 when it was published. I already had a kid and would soon have a second.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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Although sometimes I might sound sometimes idealist or too optimistic but I think my father used to say to me in everything bad there's something good that is going to come out of it and there will always be a tomorrow.
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My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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It may be that Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf were sitting around fretting about their Amazon reviews or their pre-pub whatever, but I kind of doubt it. I don't think that's how the work probably got made.
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I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'
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After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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The hip hop industry is most likely owned by gays. I happen to think there's a gay mafia in hip hop. Not rappers - the editorial presidents of magazines, the PDs at radio stations, the people who give you awards at award shows.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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When my body feels good, I feel more energized and alive, and that's sexy. I'm taking care of this body God gave me.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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I still haven't come to grips with our success.
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People don't realize that by voting Republican, they voted against themselves....I worry that some people are entertained by the idea of this war. They don't know anything about the Iraqis, but they're angry and frustrated in their own lives. It's like Germany, before Hitler took over. The economy was bad and people felt kicked around. They looked for a scapegoat. Now we've got a new bunch of Hitlers.
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There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
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Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.
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There's always music sitting around, but when you're cultivating music, the idea of getting into a studio and compressing it to get something out on time can be really good.
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I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was a good debut novel for me to have published. I was 26 or 27 when it was published. I already had a kid and would soon have a second.
