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However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money.
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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He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too much money.
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He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor.
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I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.
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California, the department-store state. The most of everything and the best of nothing.
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She was kind of girl who'd eat all your cashews and leave you with nothing but peanuts and filberts.
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