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Halls Quotes by Ben Hecht

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I haunted streets, whorehouses, police stations, courtrooms, theater stages, jails, saloons, slums, madhouses, fires, murders, riots, banquet halls and bookshops. I ran everywhere in the city like a fly buzzing in the works of a clock, tasted more than any…

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There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

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“I noticed early that pompous people have actually less a high opinion of themselves than a desire to create such an opinion in others.”

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