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Ian Fleming

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Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment.


— Ian Fleming


#men

Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.


— Ian Fleming


#james-bond #loneliness #solitude #the-spy-who-loved-me #love

History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.


— Ian Fleming


#hero #heroes #history #uncertainty #villain

You are about to awake when you dream that you are dreaming.


— Ian Fleming


#dreams

Follow your fate, and be satisfied with it, and be glad not to be a second-hand motor salesman, or a yellow-press journalist, pickled in gin and nicotine, or a cripple - or dead.


— Ian Fleming


#fate #gin #jobs #journalist #nicotine

Bond looked at the beautiful day and smiled. And no man, not even Mr. Big, would have liked the expression on his face.


— Ian Fleming


#ominous #beauty

Each dark conjecture came and for a moment settled like a vulture on Bond's shoulder and croaked into his ear that he had been a blind fool.


— Ian Fleming


#folly #foolishness #guilt #regret #anger

Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.


— Ian Fleming


#hope #love

Danger, like a third man, was standing in the room.


— Ian Fleming


#love

Clusters of bats hung like bunches of withered grapes from the roof and when, from time to time, either Kerim's head or Bond's brushed against them, they exploded twittering into the darkness.


— Ian Fleming


#darkness #tunnel #love






About Ian Fleming

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Did you know about Ian Fleming?

In 1941–42 Admiral Godfrey put Fleming in charge of Operation Golden Eye a plan to maintain an intelligence framework in Spain in the event of a German takeover of the territory. Post-war
Upon Fleming's demobilisation in May 1945 he became the Foreign Manager in the Kemsley newspaper group which at the time owned The Sunday Times. Much of the trip was spent identifying opportunities for 30AU in the Pacific although the unit ultimately saw little action because of the Japanese surrender.

It was a success with three print runs being commissioned to cope with the demand. In 2008 The Times ranked Fleming fourteenth on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". He was also involved in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units 30 Assault Unit and T-Force.

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