John le Carre Quotes

It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters, whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely.

John le Carre

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CommunityIntelligenceThinkLonely

Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It's about timing, fate, failure, redemption.

Jim Sturgess

LoveFailureLove IsFatePowerful

I was a young boy when I met the Surrealists and the Dadaists. I admired them, and that is what they taught me: to admire. Admiration is very important. People who are unable to admire others lose an important part of their soul. My soul developed from a very early age through encounters with admired people.

Stephane Hessel

AgeSoulPeopleMeLoseEarly

I am proud to be a Richie.

Sofia Richie

I AmProudAmRichie

I've always wanted to shoot a good percentage for my team, because I'm the point guard, and I can take fewer shots, still score more, so that I can get my teammates feeling good about themselves. That was always my feeling - that if I shoot a high percentage, I don't have to shoot a ton.

Steve Nash

GoodTeamFeeling GoodFeelingI Can

Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.

Tony Randall

GoodTheatreDaysUniversitiesMany

I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.

Tom Watson

FireFightWoodsYouKnowRight

We are using the same water that the dinosaurs drank, and this same water has to make ice creams in Pasadena and the morning frost in Paris.

Rose George

MorningWaterIceParisDinosaurs

The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band.

Lisa Loeb

MusiciansPlayBandTwoOrchestra

There are many, many, actors with whom I'd like to share a stage or a set.

Joshua Malina

ExperienceGratefulRideBeginning

I think the story is important in every business. Why do you exist, why are you here, why is your product different, why should I pay attention, why should I care?

Jason Fried

BusinessStoryThinkCareAttention

What made me so brave? Maybe it was being the middle kid of 11, and we all had to share one bathroom. New underwear? I never discovered that until I got into college.

Alice Ripley

CollegeMeBraveNewBathroomNever

It is my dream to have a controlling stake of Arsenal.

Alisher Usmanov

DreamControllingArsenalStake

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