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I'm not a movie person. They're collaborations of the worst kind. You must compromise yourself to many interests that are venal and crass and do not have your best interests at heart.
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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The powerful wind swept his hair away from his face he leaned his chest into the wind, as if he stood on the deck of a ship heading into the wind, slicing through the waves of an ocean he’d not yet seen.
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You can't learn everything you need to know legally.
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I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.
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