"I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with."
-John Irving
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"If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.“
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"You can't learn everything you need to know legally."
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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."
-John Irving
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"I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin."
-John Irving
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"The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of."
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"And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone."
-John Irving
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"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."
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"You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence."
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"I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage."
-Dame Edith Evans
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"There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge."
-Patrick Campbell
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"Resignation is the courage of Christian sorrow."
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"There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage."
-Bill Hunter
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