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Inspirational Quotes by Dashiell Hammett
- To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted.
- With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well.
- Talking is something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice.
- Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.
- I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.
- It's awfully easy to be in love in jail
- Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction
- You don't pay a prostitute for sex, you pay her to leave afterwards.
- Most things in San Francisco can be bought or taken.
- You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.
- I like women. I really like women.
- The roof might fall in; anything could happen.
- I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.
- I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. But, well, if you lose a son, its possible to get another. There's…
- I don t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.
- He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan.
- I haven't laughed so much over anything since the hogs ate my kid brother.
- He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.
- I once knew a man who stole a Ferris Wheel...
- The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again,…
- The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.
- I found I was repeating myself. It is the beginning of the end when you discover you have style.
- 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…
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