There are always a dozen reasons for doing nothing.
~ John le Carré

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Urgent equals ephemeral, and ephemeral equals unimportant.
~ John le Carré

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Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage. I think what gives my works whatever universality they have is that they use the metaphysical secret world to describe some realities of the overt world.
~ John le Carré

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The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.
~ John le Carré

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A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.
~ John le Carré

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