"But there are roughly two sorts of informed……" — Margery Allingham
"But there are roughly two sorts of informed people, aren't there? People who start off right by observing the pitfalls and mistakes and going round them, and the people who fall into them and get out and know they're there because of that. They both come to the same conclusions but they don't have quite the same point of view."
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Margery Allingham
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23 Quotes by Margery Allingham
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If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance
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It's pitch, sex is. Once you touch it, it clings to you.
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