"My life is a reading list."

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John Irving

#Reading Quotes #Lists Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“Words have a love for each other, a desire that culminates in poetry.”

Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.92, Wave Books
“My father loved people, children and pets.”
“There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh.”
“According to the Gallup Poll, 24 percent of American adults exercised regularly in 1961, and 50 percent after 1968. The peak was 59 percent in 1984, dropping off to 51 percent last September.”
“But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in slaves falls to the ground; for one who is equal to another cannot be the owner or property of that other.”
“If people don't want to believe in Robbie Fowler, it's because they don't want to”
“The world has been created for everyone's use, but you few rich are trying to keep it up for yourselves. For not merely the possession of the earth, but the very sky, the air, and the sea are claimed for the use of the rich few... The earth belongs to all, not just to the rich.”
“The president-elect seems to want Russia as a friend. President Obama arguably has not wanted to say that Russia is that great of a threat.”

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