John le Carre Quotes

I made an awful mess of my first marriage. It was hard to live with me being me. I was so abnormal. I mean, most writers struggle. I hadn't struggled. I couldn't suddenly go down to the PEN Club and behave like a normal human being, because most of those guys were struggling to make a couple of thousand pounds a year.

John le Carre

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MarriageLiveStruggleMeYearPen

Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.

Joel Edgerton

KnowledgeJobNewExtraEveryBit

I had gone through a really rough patch in my life, struggling with anxiety and depression for the first time ever, and it was totally new to me. I really had no idea what was going on, and it was all I could think about, so it was all I could write about.

Matty Mullins

LifeTimeDepressionMeThinkNew

I like playing deeper, but I'm not Casemiro.

Toni Kroos

PlayingLikeDeeper

I instinctively try to protect people from filth.

Tony Abbott

PeopleTryProtectFilth

We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.

Ronald Reagan

WorldInnocentPlayAbroadInnocents

I don't mind a repetitive chorus; I mind repetitive verse. I mean, it's the same amount of space. Why would you have only three diamonds if you can have six?

Lou Reed

SpaceMindDiamondsYouThreeWhy

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Joseph Wood Krutch

InspirationalMotherKnowledgeWonder

It's exciting being in the present. You're always reading emails, talking about the future, looking at pictures on Facebook of the past. But living in the present? It's almost a dead medium. I almost want to do a sketch about being in the present.

Jonathan Krisel

FuturePastLookingReadingPresent

Personally, I don't want to own a dog that inspires fear. I choose my dogs carefully, have their temperaments observed and evaluated, train and socialize them day after day. Yet I know any dog can be unpredictable.

Jon Katz

DogFearDayChooseTrainKnow

The Internet opens up so many doors. It's a phenomenal tool for education but also a way for people to be scary and dangerous. We're living in a world where we can be hacked and exposed.

Christian Slater

EducationPeopleWorldInternetWay

I want to try to live my own values as consciously and purposefully as I can.

Cory Booker

LiveValuesI CanWantMy OwnTry

Everybody is entertained to death.

Brian Eno

DeathEverybodyEntertained

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