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You can't have everything, even in California

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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Raymond Thornton Chandler
California
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An artist cannot deny art, nor would he want to. A lover cannot deny love.
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I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more.
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LA doesn't have the heart of a paper cup.
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He (The Agent) just takes ten per cent of your life.
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I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk.
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