John le Carre Quotes

Well, certainly I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives.

John le Carre

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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My mom struggled for a long time growing up poor, and then we were on welfare when I was a kid. So to see her kids, not just me, be successful and making money and happy and healthy and in good relationships - it means so much to her after all that she's been through.

Andrea Navedo

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Human beings are made up of many different values, and sometimes those values are in tension with each other.

John Mackey

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Miley Cyrus' 'Party in the USA' kills me with jealousy. The melodies are out-of-control beautiful.

Rivers Cuomo

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The short film project I just finished for W Hotels and Intel, I didn't have my script finished until a few days before we began filming. We edited it very quickly and now it's up online. It was great to conceive an idea and have it premiere just a few weeks later, compared to a feature, which takes a year or more.

Roman Coppola

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I think sometimes we get wrapped up in awards... ultimately, it's just a moment in time, and it passes.

Mike Colter

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What I absolutely can't do is just sit around, that drives me crazy. I go nuts! I'm far too nervous, too high strung to sit around. It's not my thing; I can't deal with it!

Jonathan Davis

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When I look back at this career I've had, I don't know where it goes from here, but certainly any time I can make a movie that's different, that explores something that's not a retread of something else, I'm interested in it.

Don Coscarelli

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The three biggest fashion mistakes are cheap suits, shoes, and shirts. Spend your money on something good.

Donatella Versace

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'The Chase' is such a strong format and so simple to follow. The best quiz show formats are the simplest.

Bradley Walsh

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It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.

Anne Tyler

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A reverse mortgage is available to anyone who is at least 62 years old and owns a home outright, or has a small mortgage balance remaining.

Suze Orman

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I was the oldest of seven kids, so I had no older brother who would say, 'Schmuck, don't do that.'

Pete Hamill

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