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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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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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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Talk. I'll just wait' shall I? Because my mission to save this town is of no importance whatsoever next to your girl talk."- Myrnin "Oh, shut up, you medieval drama queen" - Claire
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The Democratic Party has formed a perfect union with the mainstream media to scare Republicans, to say that they're gonna be called racists or sexists or homophobic if they reach out to minorities.
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It's a massive consumer frustration around the world about how long they have to wait after the U.S. to see television shows and movies. In the U.S., there's the frustration of having to wait a year to watch a movie in the format that you choose.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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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.
