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If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.

#College

I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.

#Syd Barrett

I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.

#Syd Barrett

I'm sorry I can't speak very coherently.

#Syd Barrett

The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.

#John Le Carre

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

#John Le Carre

Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think...

#John Le Carre

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents...

#John Le Carre

Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor...

#John Le Carre

In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to...

#John Le Carre

In every war zone that I've been in, there has been a reality and then...

#John Le Carre

When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of...

#Rufus Jones