John le Carre Quotes

There was an ITV television production of the second novel I wrote, called 'Murder of Quality.' It was a little murder story set in a public school - I'd once taught at Eton, and I used that stuff.

John le Carre

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.

Jim Parrack

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People do ask, 'Are you going to embellish this stuff?' I wouldn't change any of my guitar parts.

Joey Santiago

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Remember for stir-frying not to use a wok bigger than 16 inches. Once it has food in it, you won't be able to work very efficiently.

Andrew Zimmern

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I don't think equality is intrinsically valuable, meaning in and of itself. I'm not against inequality... if Bill Gates gets another hundred million dollars, it's no skin off my nose.

Angus Deaton

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It's funny, because 'Arrested Development' is tied to Andy Richter in a few different ways. For me personally, after I did Andy Richter, one of the next things I did was a show called 'Quintuplets' for a season for Fox, and this was while 'Arrested Development' was on. I used to go over and hang out on their set.

Andy Richter

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Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers.

Jef I. Richards

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Americans are right to believe the American Dream is fading. But that dream only became a possibility for white men as a result of the labor struggles and reforms of the New Deal, and it began to extend to minorities and women only after the civil rights and women's movements of the 1960s and 1970s.

Stephanie Coontz

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When I make movies, I have a lot of respect for my audience. I think my audience is smart. If there's a way to be entertained and get things out - real things, not stupid moral crap - that's the best.

Michael Pitt

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More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Security benefits.

Mitch McConnell

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Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

Joyce Brothers

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Walking strengthens my legs, and I swing my arms to tone my upper body.

Christy Turlington

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Long afterward, many would remember those two days in the first week of October with vividness and anguish.

Arthur Hailey

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