John le Carre Quotes

I don't know the literary world; I was scared of being confronted with famous names, not knowing what they had written. It was occupied territory I was entering.

John le Carre

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I went to a public high school that had a very small graduating class of 156 students. I lived a relatively normal childhood until I turned probably around 16. Things started to take off career-wise.

Jesse McCartney

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It's always a pleasure when you get to work with people that you actually really like.

Mekhi Phifer

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I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.

Michael Bloomberg

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Cinema is not about format, and it's not about venue. Cinema is an approach. Cinema is a state of mind on the part of the filmmaker. I've seen commercials that have cinema in them, and I've seen Oscar-winning movies that don't. I'm fine with this.

Steven Soderbergh

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My first transistor radio was the heart of my gadget love today. It fit in my hand and brought me a world of music 24 / 7.

Steve Wozniak

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I've always been obsessed with Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne, Melissa Etheridge.

Trixie Mattel

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Exposing children to nature, especially at an early age, keeps them grounded.

Roshni Nadar

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Old ideas of not trading because 'they won't open their markets to us' miss the entire point of allowing goods to be imported into the United States - because we want and need them and because someone here believes that the good or service received in exchange for our dollars creates value for them.

Mike Pompeo

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I wanted to write a show about an estate that wasn't sad or morbid, like a lot of shows portray working class life to be.

Michaela Coel

I did things like get in a cupboard before the teacher came in at the beginning of a lesson, and then, two minutes before the end of the class, I come out of the cupboard and go, 'Sorry I'm late.'

Miranda Hart

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To me, the director is the most important, rather than the story.

Ludivine Sagnier

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Because I have two houses, I invariably get immersed in a book and then discover it's at the other house.

Lois Lowry

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