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> [“Our Director had a vision, Sheriff Swagger. He envisioned a scientific national police force, incorruptible, untainted by ego, vanity, and politics. Alas, as we have learned, that also meant untainted by experience, toughness, cunning, and marksmanship. Lawyers make poor gunfighters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/our-director-had-a-vision-sheriff-swagger-he-envisioned-a-scientific/)

[Stephen Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hunter/)

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## More by Stephen Hunter

> [I remember the early 1980s, when I first got one of these fabulous film critic jobs. The downside was sitting through 'Splatteria III: The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/i-remember-the-early-1980s-when-i-first-got-one-of-these-fabulous/)

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> [Even my pathological love of Japan and its beauties, glories and eccentricities is sorely tested by 'The Grudge 2,' from Takashi Shimizu, a movie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/even-my-pathological-love-of-japan-and-its-beauties-glories-and/)

[Stephen Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hunter/)

> [“You lie well, and I appreciate the effort it takes. It’s not so easy, as any commissar knows.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/you-lie-well-and-i-appreciate-the-effort-it-takes-it-s-not-so-easy-as/)

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> [The horror movie will not go away. Look at the change in the Hollywood landscape as a signifier of its durability. At one point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/the-horror-movie-will-not-go-away-look-at-the-change-in-the-hollywood/)

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> [“Some men are born to destroy, and nothing satisfies them but that. Whatever you’ve got, they want to tear it apart, from architecture and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/some-men-are-born-to-destroy-and-nothing-satisfies-them-but-that/)

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> [I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/i-suppose-i-was-formed-by-too-many-movies-and-too-much-television-at/)

[Stephen Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hunter/)

> [I'm not an expert or a trained ballistician. But it is a subject I've studied intently for 50 years, so I may know a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/i-m-not-an-expert-or-a-trained-ballistician-but-it-is-a-subject-i-ve/)

[Stephen Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hunter/)

> [I've actually published two compilations, if only barely. Hire a private detective and possibly you'll be able to locate them. One was called 'Violent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/i-ve-actually-published-two-compilations-if-only-barely-hire-a/)

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> [“He was the sort of man who demanded results yesterday but then forgot to ask for them tomorrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/he-was-the-sort-of-man-who-demanded-results-yesterday-but-then-forgot/)

[Stephen Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hunter/)

> [As long as 'Pearl Harbor' stays in the past, it's perfect; when it wretchedly changes gears in the late going, it becomes the wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/as-long-as-pearl-harbor-stays-in-the-past-it-s-perfect-when-it/)

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> [“Some are born jerks” she said, “some have jerkhood thrust upon them, and some mature into rich and vibrant jerks. You are all three.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/some-are-born-jerks-she-said-some-have-jerkhood-thrust-upon-them-and/)

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> [“That’s the bravest thing, I think: not to be brave for yourself but for a buddy when it gets you nothing and costs you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/that-s-the-bravest-thing-i-think-not-to-be-brave-for-yourself-but-for/)

[Stephen Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hunter/)

> [I love food. I'm a complete foodie. I love to cook. I find it very hard to say no to food. I get grumpy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/i-love-food-i-m-a-complete-foodie-i-love-to-cook-i-find-it-very-hard/)

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> [Having a better and more productive life than my monster father has been my most significant accomplishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/having-a-better-and-more-productive-life-than-my-monster-father-has/)

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> [But you can still find good films if you read your local film critics and are willing to drive a bit. You have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hunter/but-you-can-still-find-good-films-if-you-read-your-local-film-critics/)

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