John le Carre Quotes
I think, increasingly, despite what we are being told is an ever more open world of communication, there is a terrible alienation in the ordinary man between what he is being told and what he secretly believes.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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Nowadays, there are seven music directors in one film. I had never heard of such a thing before. If one of our old music directors was told to share a score with others, he would have left the assignment.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
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I'm addicted to making music, but I don't want to do it forever. I just want a farm. Farms make you happy.
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I believe in allowing your child to be who they want to be - as long as they want to be something great.
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I was in 'Christmas with the Crawfords' with Joey Arias. I did that for six years, so I have a holiday show mentality a little bit.
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It's absolutely incredible, and his retirement should be a celebration more than anything else.
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I was writing this really long joke about the smell of poop, and I was like, 'What am I doing with my life?' I started to think about why I was a comedian, and then I came up with a reason for existence, which is: inserting absurdity or stupidity into strangers' lives in order to make the world a better place.
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There's a wide world out there, for those willing to brave the dark.
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I think, increasingly, despite what we are being told is an ever more open world of communication, there is a terrible alienation in the ordinary man between what he is being told and what he secretly believes.
