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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 have pretty thick skin, and I think if youre going to be in this business, if youre going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin. – John Irving

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I suppose Im proudest of my novels for whats imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography. – 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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This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile here and Mandela is a more engaging figure than Yasser Arafat. – Tom Paulin

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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior. – Henry Ossawa Tanner

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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. – William Blake

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People pay to see movies with women looking beautiful, but I think there will be a place for me to play women looking my own age. – Debra Winger

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