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Like many successful people he made good use of disappointments - responding to them with energy, with near-frenzied activity, rather than needing to recover from them.
John Irving
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John Irving
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 2
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John Winslow Irving
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I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.
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Nothing moves at the Hotel New Hampshire! We're screwed down here-for life!
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A novel is a piece of architecture. It's not random wallowings or confessional diaries. It's a building-it has to have walls and floors and the bathrooms have to work.
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