Charles McCarry Quotes
I don't feel when I'm writing that I'm drawing from any other writer, but of course I must be. The writers I've admired have been not so very different from myself: Evelyn Waugh, for example, that kind of crystalline prose. And I've always admired W. Somerset Maugham more than any other writer.Charles McCarry
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
Ian Fleming -
For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.
Barry Eichengreen -
Robots are good at things that are structured.
Vijay Kumar -
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
Harry Caray -
I like going to Japan where they treat it like a real sport. I like doing the entertainment stuff with the WWE. I really like doing the small venue stuff, like Ring of Honor, because everything is so intimate. There's different feelings and different experiences, and you have to be good at different things to do all of that.
Daniel Bryan -
I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
Vijender Singh
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys -
I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
Hank Azaria -
Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.
Olympia Brown -
I'm such a perfectionist.
Candice Glover -
With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
Vin Diesel -
I'd like to sell out worldwide stadium tours. That'd be something. Or to have sixty number ones on Billboard.
Zara Larsson
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
Jack McBrayer -
Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
Rakul Preet Singh -
The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
Dana Snyder -
I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
Nadine Labaki -
As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.
Venus Williams -
My passion for music is one of my greatest loves.
Naya Rivera
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The boy is not governed by don't, but is led by do.
Baden Powell -
I don't go to movies, I don't own a television, I don't buy magazines and I try not to receive mail, so I'm not really aware of popular culture.
Jesse Eisenberg -
The great thing about writing is that you always put yourself in the shoes of the character. If you're doing it right, you can see into the heart of all your characters. Usually, when there's a writing problem, it's because you aren't doing that.
Peter Gould -
Businesses look for stability; they look for direction.
Anand Mahindra -
I don't feel when I'm writing that I'm drawing from any other writer, but of course I must be. The writers I've admired have been not so very different from myself: Evelyn Waugh, for example, that kind of crystalline prose. And I've always admired W. Somerset Maugham more than any other writer.
Charles McCarry