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Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it's still going to be a comic novel. ↗

— John Irving

#dark #going #gray #how #i

Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#agenda #also #attack #bit #called

After wrestling with myself for six months, I began medical treatment. During that time I started a band with some friends of mine called Jack's Car, but that didn't last. ↗

— Jack Irons

#band #began #called #car #during

I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for the first time. We took lessons at a local music school and began playing together after about 6-9 months of lessons. ↗

— Jack Irons

#after #age #began #drum #drum set

I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times. ↗

— Jack Irons

#cities #couple #days #europe #i

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#because #being #i #more #more and more

Godspell was a good leap for me, it was a good shop window. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#leap #me #shop #shop window #window

And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#desire #difficult #get #good #i

However, I wasn't very good at the sciences, or didn't have a lot of help in the sciences or something but certainly didn't set science for my A level. And when I came to take my A levels I didn't get a good enough result to go to University. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#certainly #enough #get #go #good

I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to go into the forces or whatever. I think choice is one of the hardest things, but that's what I try to give my children, to say you can do anything. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#become #children #choice #doctors #envy