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"The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London."

John le Carre on Intelligence

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  • "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

    Albert Einstein on Intelligence

  • "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."

    Albert Einstein on Intelligence

  • "Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

    Albert Einstein on Intelligence

  • "Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."

    Albert Einstein on Intelligence

  • "We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."

    Albert Einstein on Intelligence

More quotes by John le Carre

  • "By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way."

  • "When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt."

  • "I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price."

  • "I mean, I'm in the business of storytelling, not message making."

  • "More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature."

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