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The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.

Raymond Chandler

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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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There ain't no clean way to make a hundred million bucks.... Somewhere along the line guys got pushed to the wall, nice little businesses got the ground cut out from under them... Decent people lost their jobs.... Big money is big power and big power gets used wrong. It's the system.
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I like smooth shiny girls, hardboiled and loaded with sin.
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A nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy.
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The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt.
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I sat down on the edge of a deep soft chair and looked at Mrs Regan. She was worth a stare. She was trouble.
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Organized crime is the dirty side of the sharp dollar.
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The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.
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Everything written with vitality expresses that vitality: there are no dull subjects, only dull minds.
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The kind of lawyer you hope the other fellow has.
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Some days I feel like playing it smooth. Some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.
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