#al

Totalitarian states killed with impunity and no one was held accountable. That didn't happen in the West. ↗

— John le Carre

#happen #held #impunity #killed #states

Today a celebrity sex video isn't a stigma that requires penance and smarm removal; it's a branding device, a platform enhancer, a show reel. ↗

— James Wolcott

#device #penance #platform #removal #requires

I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it. ↗

— John le Carre

#been #committee #dread #go #i

I'm really a library man, or second-hand book man. ↗

— John le Carre

#i #library #man #really #second-hand

My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak. ↗

— John le Carre

#decent #definition #first #first of all #losers

Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence. ↗

— John le Carre

#espionage #existence #inside-out #lived #mentality

Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about the unwritten book. ↗

— John le Carre

#book #few #haven #heaven #i

To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#any #extent #given #know #man

Did you know hemp is a natural fiber' ↗

— Tia Carrere

#fiber #hemp #know #natural #you

To be honest, I don't want No. 1's anymore. Now, don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind the odd few, but I'd also like a record going in at eight and staying around. ↗

— Robbie Williams

#anymore #around #eight #few #get