"Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available."

-- Frank Herbert

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“Whenever somebody reaches above their own limitations - I always tell people, the best time to go give is when you have nothing.”
“The more I know, the less I sleep.”

Source : "Fictional character: Alexandra Eames". Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Pilgrim, TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2002.
“I think basically what The American People is about is that we've been here from the very beginning, and that has never ever been acknowledged in the history books. John Winthrop wasn't off the boat ten seconds before he passes a law that homosexuals should be hanged. And then he hung 'em, including an attempt to hang his own son when he found out he was gay.”
“If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush”
“The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness.”
“Over there!" "Where?" Enna asked in mock panic "Do you see something?”
“Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honour, if not with success.”
“You're beautiful, but you're somewhere else. That's okay. I can handle that. But we won't continue as friends, not just now. I like you as a lover, not a friend.”

Source : Luke Davies (2002). “Isabelle the Navigator”, p.97, Penguin

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