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A committee is an animal with four back legs. - John le Carré

A committee is an animal with four back legs. – John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. – Barnett Cocks, attributed

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