"If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when weâ€™ve got the least excuse for it."

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Source : Jim Thompson (1997). “Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s”

Jim Thompson

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“I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.”
“Be ruthless about protecting writing days.”
“For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to reshape British society than Reagan did here.”
“I keep mementos from everything I've done.”

Source : "Q&A – Jared Harris (Lane Pryce)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com. April 2012.
“I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.”
“I'm not really the type to wear my heart on my sleeve. I would let someone know if I liked them, but it takes a while for me to fall in love.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepared to handle the continued threat of violence and terrorism on our country.”
“The foolhardy are not necessarily stupid, for fools simply follow their imagination whereas the stupid have none.”

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