John Irving Quotes

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

John Irving

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Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

LifeYouBrilliantIdeaEncounter

My son works as a production assistant in television.

Robert David Hall

SonTelevisionProductionAssistant

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.

Martin O'Malley

FamilyDeathProcessDeath Penalty

I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.

Mike Lee

GovernmentThinkWantDoesAnyone

So many of my followers who just graduated can't get jobs; they're hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, and they don't know what to do. My dream is to see a new generation of entrepreneurs who are creating and having more meaningful jobs than the day-to-day grind.

Michelle Phan

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My dear husband, Richard, has been the driving force behind my success and rise to whatever level I am now. My story and legacy is incomplete without his mention.

Joyce Banda

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I think our life is a journey, and we make mistakes, and it's how we learn from those mistakes and rebound from those mistakes that sets us on the path that we're meant to be on.

Jay Ellis

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When I came out, it didn't go well. My dad kicked me out. I ended up sleeping in my car.

Wilson Cruz

CarMeGoSleepingOutUp

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

Thomas Carlyle

FaithWorldKingsPersuasionForce

In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it.

Tim Berners-Lee

YouPageKnowDifficultSeeOwn

There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according to the laws of physics.

Richard P. Feynman

ViewPhysicsPoint Of ViewActing

The Trevor Romain Foundation is a project that I am most proud to be a part of. They work with the USO and help provide support and comfort to military children and their families.

Ryan Lee

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