We permit bad taste in this country. In fact, we even encourage it – and reward it in all manner of ways.
JOHN IRVINGThe powerful wind swept his hair away from his face; he leaned his chest into the wind, as if he stood on the deck of a ship heading into the wind, slicing through the waves of an ocean he’d not yet seen.
More John Irving Quotes
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I’m not afraid, but I’m very nervous.
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What has been violated here is your freedom of choice, and every woman’s freedom of choice, too.
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Being reviewed is being condescended to by your inferiors.
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Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean – make sure they know what they mean!
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You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirror… But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you pay for grace.
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Just when you begin thinking of yourself as memorable, you run into someone who can’t even remember having met you
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They were involved in that awkward procedure of getting to unknow each other.
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It is exhausting to be seventeen and not know who you are.
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The ability to see the future can be a burden, and the younger you are and the more isolated you feel, maybe the more of a burden it is.
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Be serious. Life hurts. Reflect what hurts. I don’t mean that you can’t also be funny, or have fun, but at the end of the day, stories are about what you lose.
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Self-hatred is worse than loneliness.
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I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I’ve seen in the country since John Kennedy.
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I am compulsive about writing, I need to do it the way I need sleep and exercise and food and sex; I can go without it for a while, but then I need it.
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I suppose I’m proudest of my novels for what’s imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.
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Life is serious but art is fun!
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