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In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.
Rex Stout
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Rex Stout
Age: 88 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 1
Died: 1975
Died: October 27
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A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.
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The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.
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I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.
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Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.
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Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.
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A man may debar nonsense from his library of reason, but not from the arena of his impulses.
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Sometimes it's things that take the joy out of life, like a blowout when you're hitting sixty or a button coming off of a shirt when you're in a hurry, but usually it's people.
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As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game.
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Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.
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I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.
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We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.
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I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.
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No man should tell a lie unless he is shrewd enough to recognize the time for renouncing it, if and when it comes, and knows how to renounce it gracefully.
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