Dashiell Hammett Quotes
'A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit.'
Quotes to Explore
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.
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Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defences or become extinct.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I don't like attacking.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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I don't want to be known for someone that's good-looking. I want to be known as someone who is one of the best midfielders. That's my thing.
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This medal goes to show that you don't always have to have the best facilities, the best organisation, the best of everything to achieve.
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The sort of enjoyment that we all get from that voyeuristic impulse of looking into other people's house as we pass them, and the idea that there might be something sinister or strange going on in the houses we pass every day or in our neighborhood, is a very compelling idea.
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Death, in the final analysis, is only the easiest and quickest means to go back to God. If only we could make people understand that we come from God and that we have to go back to Him!
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I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys.
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We are all guilty in someone's eyes. More so our own.
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'A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit.'
