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I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave – and nothing but laughter to console them with. – John Irving

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I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14… I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write. – John Irving

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If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. – John Irving

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And I find – Im 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasnt diminished any. Thats the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone. – John Irving

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When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. – William Shakespeare

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Seldom in the business and transactions of ordinary life, do we find the sympathy we want. – Johann von Goethe

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Actors who are lovers in real life are often incapable if playing the part of lovers to an audience. It is equally true that sympathy between actors who are not lovers may create a temporary emotion that is perfectly sincere. – Ivor Novello

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The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like themselves. – Catharine Esther Beecher

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