John le Carre Quotes
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I borrowed elements of people I admired and invested them in this mythical character. I'm such a fluent, specious person now, but I was an extremely awkward fellow in those days.
John le Carre
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
Karen DeCrow
Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam,' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral.
Edith Pearlman
Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
Gabrielle Giffords
I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
Gautam Gambhir
I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
Garrett Clayton
The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
Saint Ambrose
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
Christian Nestell Bovee
Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young.
Paul Rodgers
Bad Company
If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
O. Henry
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days. Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction. People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger. And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
Alan Paton
Politicians like to confuse congressional spending with earmarks. There is a difference.
Marsha Blackburn
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I borrowed elements of people I admired and invested them in this mythical character. I'm such a fluent, specious person now, but I was an extremely awkward fellow in those days.
John le Carre