"...also took for granted that secret services were……" — John le Carre
"...also took for granted that secret services were the only real measure of a nations political health, the only real expression of its subconscious."
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John le Carre
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126 Quotes by John le Carre
John le Carre has 126 quotes on this site.
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Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
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A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
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It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which…
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Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as…
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But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might call the pursuer and his quarry,…
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My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its…
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History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you…
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A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
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A committee is an animal with four back legs.
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The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern…
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The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,…
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Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.
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I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.
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