Charles McCarry Quotes

There's nothing new about European anti-Americanism. To go to a dinner party of intellectuals in Paris in 1960 was like walking into a tiger's den with a piece of raw meat in your hands.

Charles McCarry

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When I started in the press there were really ink-stained wretches. Not everybody went to college. Now, everybody at the New York Times and the Washington Post and Salon and Slate, most of them have Ivy League educations.

Joe Klein

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One thing when I started playing in the league, I saw that a lot of guys are friendly. It's OK to be friendly, especially off the court. But on the court, I want to dominate.

Joel Embiid

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I speak English with my dad and Swedish with my mom; it's quite schizophrenic.

Joel Kinnaman

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The military budget must reflect the threats we face, rather than the budget defining those threats.

Tom Cotton

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When I did 'The Tonight Show' and Jay Leno was still there, he was very nice but it was surreal. It's like you can't believe you're standing there talking to that person. If you've seen them in a lot of movies or on TV you feel like you know them, just like my fans feel like they know me.

Rodney Atkins

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Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts.

Ron Fournier

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I think there's a growing courage among the younger generation of American writers. Because of the more superficial treatment of characters taking place in cinema, they have had to deal with that by digging deeper into who these people are.

Mohsin Hamid

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If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone.

Josh Schwartz

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I'm a very femme gay boy, so what better way to express that than through drag? It truly is the greatest mix of art forms.

Aquaria

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The only way to grow is to challenge yourself.

Ashley Tisdale

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I think I wanted to do something that retained the improvised chaos of 'Mamma Mia' the theatre show which set it apart from all the slick packaged productions.

Phyllida Lloyd

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There is nothing unhealthy about educating youngsters about nutrition.

Pierre Dukan

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