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The 158-Pound Marriage The 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving
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“People regard art too highly, and history not enough”
John Irving, The 158-Pound Marriage
“There's nothing so confusing as finding out that you don't know someone you thought you knew.”
John Irving, The 158-Pound Marriage
“How I live matters more than what I do. I have ambitions for the quality of how I live. I have no ambition for making money ...and I'd have time to read enough to be a constant source of information, ideas and language.”
John Irving, The 158-Pound Marriage
“It's rare when there's something we can do for ourselves which also pleases someone else.”
John Irving, The 158-Pound Marriage
“Nuviliame tik patys save. Turėtume pasistengti kuo labiau sumažinti visą tą atsakomybę, kurią jaučiamės esą skolingi kitiems.”
John Irving, The 158-Pound Marriage
“How I live matters more than what I do. I have ambitions for the quality of how I live; I have no ambitions for making money”
John Irving, The 158-Pound Marriage
“I am familiar with the ways we talk ourselves into things. One of the ways is by pretending we are talking ourselves out of them.”
John Irving, The 158-Pound Marriage
“Если живешь, как тебе нравится, то само понятие отпуск теряет смысл.”
Джон Ирвинг, The 158-Pound Marriage
“...гораздо важнее как я живу, чем то, что я делаю.”
Джон Ирвинг, The 158-Pound Marriage
“Нет ничего более удручающего, чем обнаружить, что ты совершенно не знаешь человека, которого, казалось, прекрасно знаешь.”
Джон Ирвинг, The 158-Pound Marriage
“Мы подводим только самих себя. Нужно минимизировать чувство ответственности, которое, как нас кажется, мы испытываем по отношению к другим.”
Джон Ирвинг, The 158-Pound Marriage