"Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game."

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Source : "Fictional character: Clouseau". "A Shot in the Dark", www.imdb.com. 1964.

Blake Edwards

#Games Quotes #Criminals Quotes #Guessing Quotes

“I want to see the writers strike because the writers, god bless them, are the only true commies we have in Hollywood.”
“We are not disillusioned because we have no illusions... What we have and what is our strength, is our joy in life... in all its amoral aspects. That is also the basis of our contemporary art.”

Source : Asger Jorn, Per Hovdenakk, Stine Høholt, Arken museum for moderne kunst (Ishøj, Denmark), Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Amstelveen, Netherlands) (2002). “Asger Jorn”
“There is no 'the truth','a truth' - truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity. the pattern of the carpet is a surface. When we look closely, or when we become weavers, we learn of the tiny multiple threads unseen in the overall pattern, the knots on the underside of the carpet”
“It is worthwhile to engage in something that is close to one's heart. I had a scholarship. So if I donate money to give brilliant Chinese students an opportunity to study abroad, then this embodies everything I believe in: education, globalization, social mobility. I am an example of social mobility.”
“How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?”

Source : "The King Must Die". Book by Mary Renault, 1958.
“I understand people who believe that without violence they will not achieve anything at all.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.”
“Just because somebody drops in on you from another dimension, don't assume they're wiser than you about anything at all, or that they can do anything better than you can do yourself. Discarnate or mortal, what matters about people is what they know.”

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