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If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself.
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
Novelist
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Spy
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Sweetwater
Texas
David John Moore Cornwell
David Cornwell
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Everyone who is not happy must be shot.
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A dead man is the worst enemy alive, I thought. You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter what you love or owe. And it's too late to ask him for his absolution. He has beaten you all ways.
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It's death, that's what I'm suffering from. The systematic encroachment of the big D.
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It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?
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When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.
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A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere.
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But there is a big difference in working for the West and working for a totalitarian state.
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