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#1

“Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production.”
― Raymond Chandler

tags: art

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#2

“I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

tags: poetic-prose

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#3

“From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.”
― Raymond Chandler, The High Window

tags: hard-boiled

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#4

“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ”
― Raymond Chandler

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#5

“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.”
― Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

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#6

“She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.”
― Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

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#8

“I'll tell you the truth, everything you hear is a lie.”
― Jeff Shear, The Six-Degree Conspiracy

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#9

“I preyed on this sort of thing, discontentment, a clash of passions among the rivals, and the zealots. Open sores opened secrets. That’s how I roll.”
Jackson Guild, The Trinity Conspiracy, Betrayal at Black Mesa”
― Jeff Shear, The Trinity Conspiracy: Part One - Betrayal at Black Mesa

tags: deceptions, irony, noir, spy

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#10

“Of course, to be truly 'surveillance free' required unpredictability or its cousin, spontaneity.”
― Jeff Shear, The Trinity Conspiracy: Part One - Betrayal at Black Mesa

tags: noir-style, privacy, private-investigator, surveillance

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#11

“There was an easier solution to the security breach. He could kill us all. An explosion at a bomb factory would tidy up the problems of a trial drawn out by national security motions. There would be no pleas, no losing, no settlement. If this place blew, no one would ever know about Wahi Pandi, Gadwhal or the Gissar heliport. None of it. The secret would be safe.”
― Jeff Shear, The Trinity Conspiracy: Part One - Betrayal at Black Mesa

tags: bomb, spy, terror, trap, treason

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#12

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst

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#13

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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#15

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: charles-bayard-mitchell

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#16

“International big business has made revolutions before now to safeguard its interests. At one time it made them … in the name of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Now, with Socialism to fight, it makes them in the name of Law and Order and Sound Finance. Assassination? If an assassination is going to be good for business, then there will be an assassination.”
― Eric Ambler , The Mask of Dimitrios

tags: banking, betrayal, big-business, capitalism, regime-change, revolution, self-interest, spy

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#17

“I do not betray the confidence of friends and I require you to respect that fact and admire me for it. Enormously and all the time. Where secrets are concerned, compared to me, the grave is a chatterbox”
― John le Carré , The Constant Gardener

tags: respect, secrets

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