John Banville (1945) Irish writer
John Banville: Using words to paint pictures of "magical" Prague (2006)
“When everyone thinks alike not much gets thought.”
Ett annat Sverige är möjligt (2006), p. 18
Context: Now it happens to have been the Social Democrats who have regimented the important institutions in society, but it would have been dangerous whichever party it had been. Development and diversity depend on independent initiatives and competition. When everyone thinks alike not much gets thought.
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