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I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.
John le Carre
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John le Carre
Age: 89 †
Born: 1931
Born: October 19
Died: 2020
Died: December 12
Actor
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Sweetwater
Texas
David John Moore Cornwell
David Cornwell
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Smiley was soaked to the skin and God as a punishment had removed all taxis from the face of London.
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