“One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."
“One lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."Mario Puzo was an American author and screenwriter best known for his novel "The Godfather," which vividly portrays the life o...
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"...but I had long since learned from Wolfe that the corner the light doesn’t reach is the one the dime rolled to.”
"...but I had long since learned from Wolfe that the corner the light doesn’t reach is the one the dime rolled to.”From "Fer de Lance", by Rex Stout.Rex Stout was a prolific American mystery writer be...
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“He killed her and I made a mess of his head. Even the devil won't recognize him now.”
“He killed her and I made a mess of his head. Even the devil won't recognize him now.”From "My Gun Is Quick", by Mickey Spillane."My Gun Is Quick" is a hard-boiled detective novel by Mickey Spillane, ...
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"I killed him for money and a woman. I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman."
"I killed him for money and a woman. I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman."James M. Cain, "Double Indemnity"James M Cain's "Double Indemnity", published in 1943, is a classic noir novel t...
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"The world is full of evil, and lies, and pain, and death, and you can't hide from it; you can only face it."
"The world is full of evil, and lies, and pain, and death, and you can't hide from it; you can only face it."Phil Coulson in Seeds, by Clark Gregg’s TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Clark Greg...
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“Jude taught me what love was- to be willing to hold on to another person's pain. That's it."
“Jude taught me what love was: to be willing to hold on to another person's pain. That's it."Stephanie Oakes, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly."The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly" is a gripping novel by Steph...
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"Scottie, do you believe that someone out of the past - someone dead - can enter and take possession of a living being?"
"Scottie, do you believe that someone out of the past - someone dead - can enter and take possession of a living being?"The 1958 film "Vertigo", directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was based on the 1954 Fre...
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