David Ignatius Quotes

I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.

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• Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

  

  Walter Benjamin
  • Good
  • Work
  • Three

• I'm quite an odd little part of the Venn diagram. I'm not a movie star and beautiful in that way. I do an odd thing that's funny and sad, and my face and my old body can take that.

  

  Tamsin Greig
  • Movie
  • Beautiful
  • Funny

• People my age don't always know where their music comes from.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • People
  • Music
  • Age

• The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.

  

  C. L. R. James
  • Country
  • Profound
  • Greatest

• Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

  

  Lady Bird Johnson
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Live

• I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.

  

  Hailey Bieber
  • People
  • God
  • True

• In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen, and has full motive to do so.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • Different
  • May
  • Government

• I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.

  

  Yancy Butler
  • Love
  • Theatre
  • Movies

• When I was single, I was down to $100 of power a year.

  

  Ed Begley, Jr.
  • Power
  • Single
  • Year

• My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • Training
  • Exercise
  • Healthy

• I didn't particularly like being objectified.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Like
  • Being
  • Particularly

• Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree and smashed them up, they made a Nickelodeon Gak-type consistency. I sold them to all the neighborhood kids and made stacks of quarters. Of course, the berries were poisonous, and I got in all types of trouble.

  

  Adam DeVine
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Tree

• I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.

  

  Ferid Murad
  • Work
  • Parents
  • Education

• I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.

  

  Parker Stevenson
  • People
  • Up
  • World

• It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.

  

  Jackie Mason
  • Life
  • Support
  • Tobacco

• I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Time
  • Teaching
  • Appreciative

• Even the best parents have to spend so much time making ends meet that they cannot help their kids with homework or afford the extra tutoring that wealthier students enjoy. To address these unjust disparities, we need an early education revolution.

  

  Sal Albanese
  • Time
  • Kids
  • Help

• I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.

  

  Jack Dee
  • Trying
  • Like
  • Cooking

• I don't know if I could do this with the same energy, and in the same way - all the costume changes and glitter and hair and makeup - all the time. When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Time
  • Energy
  • Hair

• Age, style, where you come from, where you were born, it's different every time, which, to me, is refreshing because it says that there isn't any one thing, one formula or kind of character that makes a great comedian. Everybody has had a different approach.

  

  Alan King
  • Time
  • Great
  • Different

• I am never needlessly obscure-I am needfully obscure, when I am obscure.

  

  Donald Barthelme

• A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end.

  

  John Milton
  • Sorrow
  • Horrible
  • Regions

• Sometimes I regret that I don't have a bit more fun with money. I should have spoilt myself a bit more. Life isn't going to last for ever.

  

  Darcey Bussell
  • Life
  • Money
  • Fun

• I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.

  

  David Ignatius
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Real