John le Carre Quotes

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.

John le Carre

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 19, 1931

Topics

ExperienceOutsideThroughSpyLike

My advice on getting a raise is what everybody's advice is: to become a confident negotiator; but that is so hard. My admiration for women who are good at that is unbridled. Women in general have a harder time talking about money with their bosses.

Jill Abramson

GoodWomenTimeMoneyConfident

At the end of the day, if the guy is going to write the girl a letter, whether it's chicken scratch or scribble or looks like a doctor's note, if he takes the time to put pen to paper and not type something, there's something so incredibly romantic and beautiful about that.

Meghan Markle

GirlBeautifulTimeRomanticDay

I tend to have an endless number of ideas for writing projects. I don't necessarily say that as a good thing. Maybe it's a good thing, but I have ideas for all kinds of projects: contemporary novels, graphic novels, anything that happens to go through my mind.

Matthew Pearl

GoodMindIdeasWritingGoSay

Pregnancy has been a huge lesson in patience and in allowing myself to be open to whatever the day may hand me.

Anna Kaiser

PatienceMyselfDayMeLessonHand

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

Robert A. Heinlein

WorryLongNeverTheorySupposed

My best teammate was Roberto Carlos.

Ronaldo

BestTeammateRoberto

I have a great love for cuisine, so I'm always interested in local food, and there are so many interesting dishes, spices and ingredients in India.

Romain Grosjean

LoveGreatFoodInterestingIndia

All missionaries, younger and older, serve with the sole hope of making life better for other people.

Russell M. Nelson

LifeHopePeopleBetterServeOlder

I like America. I think it's pretty cool. I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

PoliticsCoolWorldThinkAmerica

A Madagascar Hissing Roach chasing Jerry Lewis. That would be a really neat treat.

Michael O'Donoghue

TreatChasingWouldReallyNeat

Too many public and private entities simply don't take advantage of tools already at their disposal to protect themselves from hackers. No amount of information sharing will help solve that problem.

Jared Polis

ToolsProblemHelpInformationWill

For years I used to try to straighten my hair, but I've reached a stage where I think, 'I've got red curly hair, and it's actually really great.'

Bonnie Langford

GreatRedHairThinkCurlyTry

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