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Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had
Raymond Chandler
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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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Raymond Thornton Chandler
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Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.
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But nothing seems to do any good.
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I'm killing time and it's dying hard.
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The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back.
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Organized crime is the dirty side of the sharp dollar.
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He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too much money.
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