John le Carre Quotes
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt.
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When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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It's time for some common sense from federal agencies.
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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It's tough when you have to be away. But I'm probably at home more than my dad was because he was working two or three jobs sometimes.
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Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the toilet whenever you want to. It's about learning to repress a desire for instant gratification.
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We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice.
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I don't want to be known for someone that's good-looking. I want to be known as someone who is one of the best midfielders. That's my thing.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry.
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Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
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The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.
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I love having horses from a young age and seeing how far they can go.
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Cricket is not like a government job where retirement age is fixed at A cricketer can retire at 30 or 60; it's up to the player.
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In our benighted age, when films about amusement park rides and electronic fidgets scoop the honours, perhaps Hollywood redux is the best we can hope for.
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To lose your last remaining parent is the toughest thing. It is a very lonely thing.
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When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt.
