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A real gimlet is half gin and half Rose's lime juice and nothing else.
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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I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintance. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings. But don't waste your time trying to cross-examine me.
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A dead man is the best fall guy in the world. He never talks back.
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There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.
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