John le Carre Quotes
The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it as a good story.
Quotes to Explore
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters.
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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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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We who curate our Twitter feeds and Facebook walls understand that at least part of what we're doing publicly, 'like'-ing what we like, is trying to separate ourselves from the herd.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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When my body feels good, I feel more energized and alive, and that's sexy. I'm taking care of this body God gave me.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television, and yet they are absolutely invisible.
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We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
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I quite like ABBA.
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Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.
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Work in the fields? Senator, I'm a house nigga.
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When you're a kid, and you grow up, it takes some time for people to associate you with more things other than that initial thing.
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The current state of music journalism is not bad, but it's not great at all. Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's something to explain to a more mainstream audience, so you get these passionate writers who want to express their love for rap and hip-hop, which is cool. But there are too many magazines, and the access has been diminished, so the quality of profiles has gone way down. Internet stuff can be really good, though. I like the dialogue between fans on the Internet. I think that's the best rock writing that's going on right now.
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The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it as a good story.
