"Writers are two-home men - they want a……" — John le Carre
"Writers are two-home men - they want a place outside and a place within."
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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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More Home Quotes
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I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd…
— Hank Aaron
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if…
— Pietro Aretino
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The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were…
— Karen Armstrong
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I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
— Arthur Ashe
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It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even…
— Marcel Achard
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Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Confronting a stadium audience, you can't see the whites of their eyes. It's just an amorphous mass of noise and,…
— Rowan Atkinson
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I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.
— David Attenborough
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It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,…
— David Attenborough
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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
— Jane Austen
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Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where…
— Bill Ayers
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