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A committee is an animal with four back legs.
John le Carre



Biography
Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: English
Born: October 19, 1931

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I happen to write by hand. I don't even type.
John Le Carre

Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.
John Le Carre

You should have died when I killed you.
John le Carre

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
John le Carre

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.
John Le Carre

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news.
John Le Carre

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.
John le Carre

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Words
Animal, Back, Committee, Four, Legs
Definitions
Animal, Back, Committee, Four
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