John Irving Quotes

Half my life is an act of revision.

John Irving

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LifeMy LifeActHalfRevision

I really did start a whole way of thinking about musical theater.

Joel Grey

StartThinkingWayMusical Theater

I'm a good music provider, and I'm fine with that. I'm a quality music manufacturer.

John Mayer

GoodMusicQualityFineGood Music

I'm not a Beverly Hills dude.

John Singleton

Beverly HillsHillsDudeBeverly

I'm lucky that most of the time I'm on location in amazing places. Most of the time, I don't need holidays, I just stop working.

Stephanie Beacham

TimeAmazingHolidaysStopLucky

I don't want to leave New York and leave my family. I don't like the distance. I just did a movie in California and it's kind of excruciating to be away from them so I think there is that sense.

Sigourney Weaver

FamilyNew YorkThinkDistanceNew

I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records.

Michelle Branch

TeenListeningThinkPresentMore

The question of trademark is pretty unsettled in the open source world. The trademark is important in a consumer product, but there are a few groups who feel it's a restriction they can't live with.

Mitchell Baker

LiveWorldFeelImportantQuestion

Dad was an outstanding leader. He'd bring in top thinkers from a wide array of fields - how to fix the Detroit schools, for example. I watched him in these meetings. He listened and probed.

Mitt Romney

LeaderMeetingsDetroitFixTopHim

Dogs are not 'people' of another species. They are another species. To train and care for them properly, to show them how to live in our complex world, requires first and foremost that we understand that.

Jon Katz

LivePeopleWorldCareTrainFirst

I've never watched an entire episode of 'American Idol'. It's too mean.

Christina Aguilera

AmericanNeverMeanIdolEpisode

My family and I were some of the first people to be genotyped.

Anne Wojcicki

FamilyPeopleFirstSomeWere

I had so many agents tell me that at size 18, I would never work or work again. I heard, 'Go home and lose some weight.'

Ashley Graham

WorkHomeMeLoseGoNever

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