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Almost everyone is dying to l...

Almost everyone is dying to leave home, eventually; and almost everyone needs to.

John Irving 305 quotes

No one could have fathomed wh...

No one could have fathomed what a life he'd led, for it was chiefly a life lived in his mind.

John Irving 305 quotes

The first of my father's illus...

The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life led by human beings; the second was that human beings could survive a life in hotels.

John Irving 305 quotes

Kids are beautiful, man. And t...

Kids are beautiful, man. And they know much more than grownups think they know. Kids are just perfect people until grownups get their hands on them.

John Irving 305 quotes

A part of adolescence is feeli...

A part of adolescence is feelimg that there's no one else around who's enough like youself to understand you.

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My dear boy, please don't put ...

My dear boy, please don't put a label on meЂ'don't make me a category before you get to know me!

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Ambition robs you of your chil...

Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to become an adultЂ'in any wayЂ'something in your childhood dies.

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Being wrong about important th...

Being wrong about important things is exhausting.

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My brain is sending poison to ...

My brain is sending poison to my heart.

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You only grow by coming to the...

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

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Patriotism is not necessarily ...

Patriotism is not necessarily defined as blind devotion to a president's particular agenda - and that to dispute a presidential policy is not necessarily anti-American.

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She was an expert at the art o...

She was an expert at the art of sudden appearance.

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Adolescence-is it the first ti...

Adolescence-is it the first time in life we discover that we have something terrible to hide from those who love us?

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I suppose I'm proudest of my n...

I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.

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It's not right to hurt or dece...

It's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been hurt and deceived.

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Children are most impressed wi...

Children are most impressed with the importance of a moment when they witness a parent breaking the parents' own rule.

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People regard art too highly, ...

People regard art too highly, and history not enough

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Death, it seems,' Garp wrote,...

Death, it seems,' Garp wrote, 'does not like to wait until we are prepared for it. Death is indulgent and enjoys, when it can, a flair for the dramatic.

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Along the (writing) way accide...

Along the (writing) way accidents happen, detours get taken... But these are not 'divine' accidents; I don't believe in those. I believe you have constructive accidents en route through a novel only because you have mapped a clear way. If you have confidence that you have a clear direction to take, you always have confidence to explore other ways; if they prove to be mere digressions, you'll recognize that and make the necessary revisions. The more you know about a book, the freer you can be to fool around. The less yo

John Irving 305 quotes

The unspoken factor is love. T...

The unspoken factor is love. The reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it's not work for me.

John Irving 305 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....