Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that.
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If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.John le Carre
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Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
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The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.
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During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity.
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I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives.
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