It's a no-win argument - that business of what we're born with and what our environment does to us. And it's a boring argument, because it simplifies… - John Irving
" "It's a no-win argument - that business of what we're born with and what our environment does to us. And it's a boring argument, because it simplifies the mysteries that attend both our birth and our growth.
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About John Irving
John Winslow Irving (born 2 March 1942) is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter (for The Cider House Rules, based on his novel of the same name).
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