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And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone. ↗

— John Irving

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More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't say I have a talent that's special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina. ↗

— John Irving

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The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

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I never joined the army for patriotic reasons. ↗

— Isaac Rosenberg

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I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories. ↗

— Washington Irving

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The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. ↗

— Washington Irving

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I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. ↗

— Steve Irwin

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I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say. ↗

— Janet Jackson

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You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

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I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

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