Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His … - Antonio Munoz Molina

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Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership.

Antonio Munoz Molina

Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His irony, his sense of humor - they are too subtle to seem Spanish.

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