Real people Quote by Joseph Hansen

““Guns are for television actors," Dave said. "Not real people. The wrong ones always get hurt.””

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“Driving is so dangerous I haven't got the guts to do it sober.”

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“I told myself all that's wrong with us is misunderstanding. That's not good, but it's not the worst. The worst is not having anyone…

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“Something had offended her and failed to apologize. Not lately-long ago. Life probably.”

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“It happens to everyone and it happens fast.”

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“Don't forget, and don't let your reader forget, that the small world in which you have held him for the last hour or two…

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“When people run out of probable things to do, they do improbable things.”

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“You know what kind of a man Lonny Tooker is? The kind of a man that sets broken bird's wings." "Hitler loved dogs and…

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“He put out a hand for Dave to shake. "You're the only new friend of Tom's I've met. And you're just what I expected."…

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“People with limp handshakes are takers.”

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“The man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.”

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“You're a little short on self-awareness. People who are always exacting right behaviour from other people tend to be that way.”

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“It seems important to me that beginning writers ponder this—that since 1964, I have never had a book, story or poem rejected that was not later published. If you know what you are doing, eventually you will run into an editor who knows what he/she is doing. It may take years, but never give up. Writing is a lonely business…

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