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He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf.
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Len Deighton (The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1))
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I think Jay is in import and export business as his cards say, but he finally found that the second most valuable commodity today is information."
"And?"
"The most valuable?"
"People with information," I suggested.
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Len Deighton (The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1))
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What chance did I stand between the Communists on one side and the Establishment on the other
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Len Deighton (The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1))
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I hurt, therefore I am.
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Len Deighton (The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1))
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But after a little while I got used to the tedium, understanding that these parts of my work were as essential to the arabesques of the final pattern as the rest bars are to a symphony.
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Len Deighton (The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1))
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I thought The Ipcress File was a cook book by Harry Palmer until I read #TheBurlingtonFiles.
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Bill Fairclough