Charles McCarry Quotes

People are dying to tell you their secrets; it's just a matter of getting the conversation going in the right direction. If you just let people fill the silence, they will let you the most extraordinary things. I sometimes wonder if afterward they remember what they've said.

Charles McCarry

Recitation: by Male by Female

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SilencePeopleDirectionRemember

I have stood on the front lines of the health care system as a doctor, patient and concerned parent. Those experiences have served as my guideposts throughout the struggle to reform America's health care system. And it's those same experiences that tell me that fear and election hysteria should not overshadow the reality of reform.

Jim McDermott

FearHealthStruggleMeDoctorCare

My nickname is 'Chief' because my father was a chief in Nigeria.

Jidenna

FatherBecauseChiefNigeria

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

LifeEndBecomeCapableBecoming

Designer pricing should hurt, but it shouldn't kill you. You wince when you hand over your AmEx, but once you get it home, you never regret it. You divide it by how many days you're using it, and suddenly it becomes affordable.

Michael Bastian

HomeRegretHurtYouHandNever

Buying an apartment in New York was beyond my wildest dreams. I had to scrape together every cent to buy it. And I'm so happy I did.

John Searles

DreamsTogetherNew YorkHappyNew

Governmental intervention and personal responsibility are not mutually exclusive issues, but they do frame a 'do it ourselves' vs. 'what are you doing for us' debate. For the black community, that's a debate that's been raging at least as far back as the W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington philosophical grudge matches.

John Ridley

CommunityResponsibilityBlackDoing

For my money, the movies of the '70s were just amazing.

Amy Heckerling

MoneyAmazingMoviesJustWere

Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.

Steven Rattner

GovernmentOutStayLiberalsShould

I have a half an hour warm-up I do that my voice teacher gave me. I exercise at least for an hour during the day. I don't have any superstitious rituals or anything like that.

Josh Young

TeacherDayMeVoiceExerciseHalf

I was never a worker. And that's not even being arrogant. I was just never a worker.

Jay-Z

NeverArrogantBeingJustEven

When you are in a good position you are sure to drive well and to be very concentrated in each corner.

Jean Alesi

GoodDriveYouCornerPositionSure

I've read a hundred fantastic scripts that didn't pan out as films, and I completely put that on the directors. I've also read some mediocre scripts that have ended up being amazing, and I credit that to the directors. They're the storytellers. If you don't have a good storyteller, you really have nothing.

Chris Evans

GoodAmazingCreditYouNothingOut

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