In every war zone that I’ve been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought.
~ John le Carré
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In every war zone that I’ve been in, there has been a reality and then there has been the public perception of why the war was being fought.
~ John le Carré
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Urgent equals ephemeral, and ephemeral equals unimportant.
~ John le Carré
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Every man has his personal devil waiting for him somewhere.
~ John le Carré
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When a problem threatens to engulf you, there’s nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.
~ John le Carré
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I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.
~ John le Carré
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There is only one reason for doing something. And that’s because you want to.
~ John le Carré
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There are always a dozen reasons for doing nothing.
~ John le Carré
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To possess another language is to possess another soul.
~ John le Carré
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The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal.
~ John le Carré
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