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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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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Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
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To those who attack Malala, I say, if you attack one Malala, thousands of Malalas will be born.
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With wealth comes responsibility.
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I did not have a date to the prom. I went to my junior prom alone, and my senior prom, I was doing my first movie. I went in a limousine with, like, a bunch of people to my junior prom. It was a group date.
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Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.
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I'm not a poet. I'm not up onstage to get something off my chest. I'm making musical statements, or, most of the time, musical questions for people to figure out, and I'm not going to get in the way of that.
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I've always had difficulties with female characters.
