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Everyone who is not happy must be shot.
John le Carre
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John le Carre
Age: 89 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 19
Died: 2020
Died: December 12
Actor
Film Producer
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Spy
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Sweetwater
Texas
David John Moore Cornwell
David Cornwell
John le Carre
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The things that are done in the name of the shareholder are, to me, as terrifying as the things that are done - dare I say it - in the name of God.
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I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them.
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Every writer knows he is spurious every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.
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People like you should be stopped, Mr. Woodrow,' she mused aloud, with a puzzled shake of her wise head. 'You think you're solving the world's problems but actually you're the problem.
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Unfortunately it is the weak who destroy the strong.
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It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?
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