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John Irving Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Business Think Better You Skin

In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take.

John Hickenlooper

Success Business Restaurant Judge

Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.

Robert Metcalfe

Good Persuasion Authority Resources

I enjoy high-speed about-turns in thought.

Andy Serkis

Thought Enjoy High-Speed

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.

Simone Weil

Progress Destination Nothing Anything

I'm fast and loud on purpose.

Robin Leach

Purpose Fast Loud

There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know.

Roy Barnes

Tradition Stronger Country Earth

When I sing, I try to make the song my own and sing it my way because, in my mind, I am not following any school of thought. I just make myself free.

Mohit Chauhan

Myself School I Am Mind Song Free

Literature has drawn a funny perimeter that other art forms haven't.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Funny Art Literature Other Drawn

The thing that means the most to me is being remembered as a Yankee, because that's what I've always wanted to be, was to be a Yankee.

Derek Jeter

Me Always Remembered Being Because

I was interested with exploring the idea of who gets to be in possession of the land - how it's sometimes impossible to go back home, how family can be the thing that drags you down.

Dee Rees

Family Home Impossible You Down Go

I always treat shows as though they could belong on either platform. I always design it for the bigger stage, but I love it on the smaller stage.

Dawn Richard

Love Treat Design Always Stage

I'm incredibly naive.

Christina Ricci

Naive Incredibly