"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter."

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Source : Dashiell Hammett (2007). “Vintage Hammett”, p.151, Vintage

Dashiell Hammett

#Crooks Quotes #Cheaper Quotes

“Children in the 21st (century) have been transformed from net producers of their own toy and play culture, to net consumers of play culture imposed by adults.”
“All error, not merely verbal, is a strong way of stating that the current truth is incomplete.”
“Cuba will find its own way, regardless of what the U.S. wants. This has always been the case, not just since 1959.”

Source : "Post-Fidel Plans for U.S.-Cuba Relations, Migration Policy". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. August 2, 2007.
“We say that time passes, time goes by, and time flows. Those are metaphors. We also think of time as a medium in which we exist.”
“Get out of bed, go to school, stick at school. Make it happen for yourself because those opportunities are waiting.”
“Truthfully, my life is always lunacy.”
“There is something far more important than your present situation - your dream and your goal.”
“I am so happy that I am alive and can walk.”

Source : "Etta James' New Lease Of Life", www.sfgate.com. August 22, 2003.

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