"If you see the world as gloomily as……" — John le Carre
"If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself."
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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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I've made a terrible confession to you, he concluded gloomily. Do appreciate it, gentlemen. And it's not enough, not enough…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best…
— Halton Arp
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Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning, which I…
— A A Milne
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Well, we were always going to fail that one," said Ron gloomily as they ascended the marble staircase. He had…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. "So it is." "And freezing." "Is it?" "Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening…
— A A Milne
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Hallo, Eeyore." "Same to you, Pooh Bear, and twice on Thursdays," said Eeyore gloomily. Before Pooh could say: 'Why Thursdays?'…
— A A Milne
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Makes a diff'rence, havin' a decent family,' he said. 'Me dad was decent. An' your mum an' dad were decent.…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Vimes stalked gloomily through the crowded streets, feeling like the only pickled onion in a fruit salad.
— Terry Pratchett
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We may run into Kevin,” Lucy said gloomily. “She’s hoping to run into Kevin,” Zoë assured her. Justine smiled grimly.…
— Lisa Kleypas
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Gracious," said Cecily. "You must be Mr. Sallows." "Nephilim," observed the shop owner gloomily. "I detest Nephilim." "Hmph," said Cecily.…
— Cassandra Clare
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