Charles McCarry Quotes
I've always been baffled by critics of the CIA, who are horrified that it does illegal things. That is the purpose of an intelligence service: to perform illegal acts.
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I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.
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My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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Music has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.
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Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.
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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.
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For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before.
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Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian.
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I think it's a violation of user privacy to continue storing email addresses if you tell users your service is shutting down. I sign up for a service, and if you're no longer providing that service, why should you keep my information?
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An organization's culture of purpose answers the critical questions of who it is and why it exists. They have a culture of purpose beyond making a profit.
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But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
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I've always been baffled by critics of the CIA, who are horrified that it does illegal things. That is the purpose of an intelligence service: to perform illegal acts.
