John le Carre Quotes

You have no idea how humiliating it was, as a boy, to suddenly have all your clothes, your toys, snatched by the bailiff. I mean we were a middle-class family, it's not as if it was happening up and down the street. It made me ashamed, I felt dirty.

John le Carre

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyMeClothesYouDirtyDown

Were there no contrariety of interests, nothing would be more simple and easy than to form and preserve free institutions. The right of suffrage alone would be a sufficient guarantee. It is the conflict of opposing interests which renders it the most difficult work of man.

John C. Calhoun

WorkAloneSimpleManConflictFree

I'm always happy when I'm left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk.

Maximilian Schell

AloneHappyNiceTalkAlwaysLeft

I was not a politician.

John Hewson

Politician

I have an awesome team. We all talk about what projects are the best for me to work on for my career and which ones to pass on.

Max Charles

WorkBestMeTeamCareerTalk

Yeah I loved, as a kid growing up, I loved science-fiction.

Jeff Bridges

Growing UpLovedGrowingKidUp

When any fat is heated to frying temperatures, toxic volatile chemicals that can cause genetic mutations are released into the air.

Michael Greger

FatToxicAirGeneticCauseFrying

Oh, Zoe Kazan - I'd move back to Brooklyn for her. She makes me happy with my life. Knowing her, being at her dinner table, going on a walk with her is the best of all possible worlds.

Michelle Williams

LifeBestWalkHappyMeDinner

The only thing I've ever wanted to do is really make people happy, offer some sort of positivity with music that I've written. The Chili Peppers do that for people. They're already established. I still want something that came out of me, and out of my heart.

Josh Klinghoffer

MusicHeartHappyPeopleMeWant

I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.

Joseph Morgan

FunPlayMoreAlwaysInterestWhich

I got into figure skating for the art of it, as well as the sport, and how much I love it. And, you know, I do everything that I want. I march to my own drummer. Sometimes people have an issue with that, and I can't control it.

Johnny Weir

LoveArtPeopleControlYouKnow

Hey, I was raised in the church.

Cheech Marin

ChurchI Was RaisedHeyRaised

The news is increasingly full of mismatched people saying daft things to one another.

Craig Brown

PeopleSayingNewsThingsFullDaft

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