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John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
“Who’s Mr. Ironside?” Leamas asked. “I don’t think he exists,” she replied. “He’s her big gun when she’s stuck for an answer. I asked her once who he was. She went all shifty and mysterious, and said ‘Never mind.’ I don’t think he exists.” “I’m not sure Miss Crail does,” said Leamas and Liz Gold smiled.
John le Carré • The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
tell you; a state is no better than its leader. Führerprinzip – Principle of Leadership, like the Nazis say. They’re right. Even this Abendsen has to face that. Sure,
Philip K. Dick • The Man in the High Castle (Penguin Modern Classics)
The consequence of this arrangement is, that at every new election the fate of all the Federal public officers is in suspense.
Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
But to appoint agents in each township would have been to centre in his person the most formidable of powers, that of a judicial administration.