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• It is not a fragrant world.
• I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get…
• I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.
• The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may…
• She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.
• Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
• I certainly admire people who do things.
• I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.
• A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
• When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
• A really good detective never gets married.
• Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms…

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