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If pride is a sin ... moral pride is the greatest sin.
John Irving
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John Irving
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 2
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New Hampshire
John Winslow Irving
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I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something you might find in the newspaper. And I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.
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