John le Carre Quotes
I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end. I don't remember any of his ladies being bookish. So I was entirely dependent on my schoolteachers for my early reading with the exception of 'The Wind in the Willows,' which a stepmother read to me when I was in hospital.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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I uplift people and see the good in a bad situation. The worst is I'm very critical of myself. If I do a performance, I watch it 100 times afterwards and pick it apart.
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I don't know if I can prepare for what's to come because I don't know what will.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
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I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
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To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.
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A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
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You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels.
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The worst evil that you can do, psychologically, is to laugh at yourself. That means spitting in your own face.
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I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.
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I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end. I don't remember any of his ladies being bookish. So I was entirely dependent on my schoolteachers for my early reading with the exception of 'The Wind in the Willows,' which a stepmother read to me when I was in hospital.
