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Nice: meaning I'm going to be dating leather-wearing alcoholics and complaining about them - to you.

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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of style.
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Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.
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There are people who can write their memoirs with a reasonable amount of honesty, and there are people who simply cannot take themselves seriously enough. I think I might be the first to admit that the sort of reticence which prevents a man from exploiting his own personality is really an inverted sort of egotism.
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When the plot flags, bring in a man with a gun.
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Show me a man or woman who cannot stand mysteries and I will show you a fool, a clever fool - perhaps - but a fool just the same.
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When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
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I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.
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An artist cannot deny art, nor would he want to. A lover cannot deny love.
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From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.
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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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It was a smooth silvery voice that matched her hair. It had a tiny tinkle in it, like bells in a doll's house. I thought that was silly as soon as I thought of it.
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I'm all done with hating you. It's all washed out of me. I hate people hard, but I don't hate them very long.
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