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Been Quotes by Dashiell Hammett
- I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.
- We didn't exactly believe your story.' Then --?' 'We believed your two hundred dollars.' 'You mean --' She seemed not to know what he meant.…
- Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.
- Brigid O'Shaughnessy: “I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.” Sam Spade “You know, that's good, because if you…
- Looks like she's been slapping the kid again.
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