John le Carre Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
John le Carre Quotes and Sayings
- 1
A committee is an animal with four back legs.
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- 2
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
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Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that.
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Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
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History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.
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If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
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- 7
Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
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The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.
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Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.
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- 10
You should have died when I killed you.
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