John le Carre Quotes
I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature. I guess you could say that, at 65, when you've seen the world shape up as I have, there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I'm a Muslim. I don't try to hide it. I'm also a girl who loves music.
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Barberries, or zereshk, are tiny dried red fruit with a tremendously sharp flavour. They come from Iran, where they're used to add freshness to rice and chicken dishes.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
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I want kids. I want a soccer team, and I want a husband.
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The living nightmare for a red state NASCAR driver would be a gay French driver.
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You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.
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My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how I want to express myself, is entirely - in conjunction, of course, with my family, particularly my mom - founded on teachers.
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Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.
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I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees.
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Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.
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When I create a TV show, it's so that I can write it. I'm not an empire builder; my writing staff is usually a combination of two kinds of people - experts in the world the show is set in, and young writers who will not be unhappy if they're not writing scripts.
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We are from the very middle class family. We have not come from the English medium school. We came from our regional languages school.
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There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.
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If I really felt like I was the world's greatest athlete, I'd get 10 great events. But I know that's pretty much not possible. That's the toughness of the decathlon.
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An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That's one of the little-known facts.
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I'm happy with embellishment in a chunky Prada-esque way, but I'm not into sequins!
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I think I'm in the same mood as ever, but in some ways more mature. I guess you could say that, at 65, when you've seen the world shape up as I have, there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself.
