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I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at th

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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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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Light and funny has a more compelling quality when youre younger. But I havent abandoned the genre: I love falling down I love Lucille Ball. Its just that a lot of those stories revolve around problems that I cant convincingly portray at this age. – Julia Roberts

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Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. – Mark Twain, letter to Joe Goodman, April 1891

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Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization. – Bo Bennett

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We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity. – Benjamin Disraeli

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