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John Irving quotes about people

American Novelist, Writer March 2, 1942

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John Irving quote: "People regard art too highly, and history not enough"
People regard art too highly, and history not enough John Irving
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
What do Americans know about morality? They don't want their presidents to have penises but they don't mind if their presidents covertly arrange to support the Nicaraguan rebel forces after Congress has restricted such aid; they don't want their presidents to deceive their wives but they don't mind if their presidents deceive Congress- lie to the people and violate the people's constitution! John Irving
John Irving quote: "But I often think that so-called glamorous people are just..."
But I often think that so-called glamorous people are just very busy people. John Irving
We don't always have a choice how we get to know one another. Sometimes, people fall into our lives cleanly--as if out of the sky, or as if there were a direct flight from Heaven to Earth--the same sudden way we lose people, who once seemed they would always be part of our lives John Irving
Wallace Worthington would have reminded Wilbur Larch of someone he might have met at the Channing-Peabodys’, where Dr. Larch went to perform his second abortion – the rich people’s abortion, as Larch thought of it. Wallace Worthington would strike Homer Wells as what a real King of New England should look like. John Irving
You know, people think you have to be dumb to skip rope for 45 minutes. No, you have to be able to imagine something else. While you're skipping rope, you have to be able to see something else. John Irving
John Irving quote: "Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them."
Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them. John Irving
John Irving quote: "He was one of those people things came easily to, but he did..."
He was one of those people things came easily to, but he did little to demonstrate that he deserved to be gifted. John Irving
John Irving quote: "People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers."
People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers. John Irving
The one critisism the author of Slaugherhouse-Five would make of the young writer was what he called a punctuation problem. Mr. Vonnegut didn't like all the semicolons. 'People will probably figure out that you went to college -- you don't have to try to prove it to them,' he told Danny. John Irving

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