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John Irving Quotes

Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don't pick them; they pick you.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 2, 1942

Topics

Life You Choose Things Nightmares

Then when I reached college I realized that many people had thought about the problem during the 18th and 19th centuries and so I studied those methods.

People College Thought Problem Many

It's very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know how to relate to the world.

World Church Know Difficult Fault

You buy a movie, you should get it anywhere you want it. You pay for a network, you should have that anywhere you want. Same thing with a magazine.

You Want Same Pay Buy Get

Perhaps one day I will go into space.

Stephen Hawking

Day Space Go Will One Day Perhaps

I don't want to be known for anything other than the fact that I play characters in movies.

Play Want Movies Anything Fact Than

When Savage died, that was hard on me. I didn't even hardly know Randy, but I just turned 51 this past December, and he was 58 when he died. I'm like, 'Hey man, just because I'm in that line of work, do I have an expiration date? Am I supposed to go?' I always wonder, but I don't harbor it.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Work Past Man Me Wonder Know

It's scary to me to watch the world around us get less and less physical while in the imaginary world of pop culture, aggressive impulses and fear reactions are floridly, furiously stoked and indulged.

Fear Culture Me World Scary Watch

Anyone that hates on you is always below you, because they're just jealous of what you have.

Jealous You Always Because Just

The good thing about being in San Francisco is it's a city that seems to have the flexibility and undefined boundaries.

Good City Boundaries Flexibility

I don't watch TV dramas. I watch ESPN, HBO boxing, National Geographic Channel and I kind of like to get some DVDs, movies that I haven't seen and I just pop them in.

Dominic Purcell

Boxing Movies Kind Watch Seen Get

Being a big star and being known, making movies and a lot of money - that really doesn't interest me.

Money Me Movies Big Star Interest

More than half of pregnant women in the U.S. are obese, which leads to complications like hypertension, gestational diabetes and high blood pressure.

Christy Turlington

Women Pressure Diabetes Blood High

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