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I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absol

I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit. – John le Carre

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In my experience lust only ever leads to misery. All that suspicion and jealousy and anguish it unleashes. I dont want those things in my life. – Chrissie Hynde

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In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. – Jane Smiley

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