John Irving Quotes
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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A new idea - whether it's a way to collect solar energy more efficiently or a cheaper way to desalinate sea water or a new seed to boost the amount of food we can grow - can stretch the physical resources we have, or even multiply them. And the ideas themselves don't ever wear out.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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It's always interesting about God because it's like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.
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The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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In general, I would say I'm probably a little more conscious of looking after my skin since I moved to L.A.
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I think, if I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I mean, that's what the best art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to be political. I think if you read all my books, you know where I stand, pretty much.
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Having grown up as a young Army officer in the Vietnam era, I had an instinctual sort of notion that you have to look very carefully and weigh very carefully what anyone says.
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I'm not looking for a 'yes' woman, but a strong person who knows when to be objective and when not to be.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
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I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.
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I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest.
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Even though I be bound in the Name, I have not yet become perfected in Jesus Christ.
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When you're a fighter, and you're not doing good in your work, that happens - you lost the fight.
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Cleaning, like seduction, should be done from the top down - starting with the ceiling, which is ridiculous. Gravity takes care of that.
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We read in a press release that there were suicide notes. No one has called us about those suicide notes. We don't know what those notes say.
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When children arrive, or when some crisis occurs, couples don't have the resources to deal with it because they've been so busy getting on with their lives. They haven't learned how to sit down and discuss things.
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Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls.
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Now I am near to the getting of my crown, which shall be sure; for I bless the Lord, and desire all of you to bless Him that He hath brought me here, and makes me triumph over devils, and men, and sin: they shall wound me no more.
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You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.
