Charles McCarry Quotes

Richard M. Helms, the first director of Central Intelligence to rise from the ranks, was fond of saying that the CIA had been founded to make sure that there would never be another Pearl Harbor. Underlying this mission impossible was the wishful supposition that an America that knew everything could prevent anything.

Charles McCarry

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You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don't give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it's almost more pure. It's a cooler thing.

Jim Henson

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Instead of going to spring training, I went to basic training.

Jesse White

TrainingSpringGoingBasicInstead

I think the Fed is not designed to have effective tools to deal with the economy. It should settle for just controlling the money supply. And - if it insists, it can worry about inflation.

Jeremy Grantham

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You've gotta really touch people to move them to buy your records.

Travis Scott

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Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen.

Mike Singletary

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I started acting as a child in Community Theatre but I didn't do any serious stuff. It was all musicals like 'Annie' and 'Wizard of Oz.' I was always in the chorus.

Michelle Williams

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Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking.

Michael Nesmith

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I always want to make an album that lets people immerse in it, kind of like you get caught up in a good movie.

Luke Bryan

GoodPeopleYouWantKindAlways

In essence, I owe my career to Garry Marshall. There was no known reason for him to hire me for 'Pretty Woman.'

Julia Roberts

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There is no reason to be ashamed of who you are.

Judy Gold

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Forgiveness allowed me to wash my burdened past away.

Clemantine Wamariya

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If you wear a white polka dot on your legs, you're going to want to wear a black polka dot on top.

Brad Goreski

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