John le Carre Quotes
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The American people do not want their taxpayer dollars funding any activity that runs counter to the security of our nation or our ally Israel.
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I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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Midi is my hobby.
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.
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We are a studying nation. Scholarship from science is important to the whole world and those people need to be able to be safe and secure in what they do.
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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.
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If you're doing the same job every day, there's room for error.
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As far as guys who perform onstage, I love Chris Rock. I'm kind of jaded on everyone else.
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The bar is set pretty low if you want to be a hip, accessible conservative.
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Frankly, I thought we would have lost the House by now.
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We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oil company, and the state all get together to promote the recycling of used motor oil.
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I'd been reading Eastern philosophy since I was a kid. And I meditated. I did it on a daily basis. It's the one thing I do with any consistency. Meditation gives you a different kind of mindset. It's very powerful.
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There are very few places in the world where you have to learn a language with no language in common. It's called a monolingual field situation.
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I have always been into the darker side of things and love the mystery and sexiness of vampires.
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Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader.
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Sex in space is not just a good idea, it's survival.
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Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker, heavier stuff in my stories more palatable. I never set out to make 'Humpday' a comedy.
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I've always had difficulties with female characters.
