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...Hardly. A ragged apron does not a waiter make.

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
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Science Fiction Writer
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Wexford
Waiter
Hardly
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Make
Apron
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Ragged

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That’s what I thought. When I looked that human in the face. I figured he was either a genius or crazy.” Artemis’s cool eyes glared at them from the screen. “So which is it?” asked Foaly. “A genius or crazy?” Root grabbed his tri-barreled blaster from the gun rack. “What’s the difference?
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...I just pulled a pretty big job and needed to hide out for awhile. ...Where's all the loot? That, as my cousin Nord would say, is where my improvised lie falls apart. Artemis put two and two together and arrived at a very unpleasant four. You were here to rob me! No, I wasn't. How dare you?!
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In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children.
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She forces me to endure this ridiculous therapy, when the so-called counselors are little better than misguided do-gooders with degrees. -Artemis Fowl
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It was calling me, that button, he offered as his excuse. I couldn't resist. -MULCH DIGGUMS ON A HIGHLY PRESS-ABLE BUTTON-
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Everything rests on the poisoned wine. If it were just the queen, I could force it down her gullet, but Declan Broekhart would run me through with that damned ceremonial sword, and if his wife's stares were daggers, he'd be dead already.
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We lost the crickets, she said. Even you can't make that sound tough. ...I am Butler, he said with a straight-face. Everything I say sounds tough. Now, get out of the lake, fairy.
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I have no time for babbling foolishness.” “Don’t be so hasty,” said Victor. “There’s always time for babbling.
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(to Foaly) Captain Short's life is in danger, so push the button before I climb that tower and push it with your face!
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I want you to know, my dear friend, that without you, I would not be the person I am today. He leaned in close and whispered, I was a broken boy, and you fixed me. Thank you.
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Chief of security : They have a tank! How did they get a tank up here?
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I feel like Alice falling into Wonderland. A line came to him: It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.
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What many people don't know about 'Peter Pan' is that it's a very violent book and Hook is one of the most finely observed villains ever.
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It would take less than a second for you to die. But that's quite long enough to be in mortal agony, don't you think?
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My bugs don't have bugs.
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Scientists are the enemies of tradition , and tradition own all the prisons. - Victor Vigny
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Holly walked rapidly into the cockpit, strapping herself into the pilot's chair. Seven and a half hours to save the world. Isn’t there some law that says we get at least twenty-four? Artemis strapped himself into the co-pilot's chair. I don't think Opal bothers with laws.
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No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.
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It'll be messy, but after a day you'll be zipping around as though you were a thousand years old again.
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