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Who knows what beats deeply within the hearts of people?
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Although America loved its tough guys, they weren't ready to vote for leaders who exhibited no compassion for the downtrodden and miserable, for on any given day they might constitute a majority.
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Reel.
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preferred entering through the front.
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It's funny that DiCarlo's security
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There were five, not counting the guide. The man and
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He earned a national reputation managing large political campaigns, turning them into media-driven extravaganzas with emphasis on sound bites and perception over any kind of substance, and his win rate was astonishingly high. That probably said more for the gullibility of the modern voter than the high standards of the modern candidate, Michelle thought.
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answers to. Maybe the locals already had answers. He would take
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Some things never change," said Abby wearily. "Boys never grow up, they just get bigger with more hair and people start calling them men."
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Really good liars always work in something true to make the lie more plausible.
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The place smelled of mildew and rot. What
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People can lie with words, but their faces, and in particular their eyes, give them away. They
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maelstrom
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Arrogant people habitually overestimated their own abilities and underestimated everyone else's. "And"
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few governmental institutions are more misunderstood and feared out of ignorance than the Federal Reserve Board.
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When the Fed raises or lowers interest rates, for instance, then that affects the entire economy. Contracts or expands it.
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wives had called. Cynde and Debbie had
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phone. He
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You know what kind of person it takes to run for President? Not normal. They could start out okay, but by the time they reach that level they've sold their soul to the devil so many times and stomped the guts out of enough people that they are definitely not like you and me, not even close." Frank"
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There's a phrase that critics of economic forecasting like to use: Give an economist a result you want, and he'll find the numbers to justify it. This entire city is filled with number crunchers who look at the exact same data and interpret it in widely disparate ways on everything from the federal budget deficit to the Social Security surplus." "Meaning that data can be manipulated." "Of course it can, depending on who's paying the meter a..
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thousand yards of this place." "Who is she?"
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Across the room he had placed a mirror he'd found in her bathroom on a table. It was angled so that he could see her face reflected in it, while he remained hidden from her.
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As accustomed as he was to the ever-expanding muscle of technology, even Jason Archer had to shake his head occasionally over what was really out there. Iris scanners were also used to closely monitor worker productivity. Jason grimaced. Truth be known, Orwell had actually underestimated.
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There's one key difference between the Olympics and combat, Susan. You might have overlooked it." He paused. "In the Olympics, no one is shooting back at you."
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Why don't you come by around six?
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When you lie a rush of adrenaline to the capillaries in the nose causes it to itch. So people who are lying tend to involuntarily scratch it.
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He (John Puller) wanted to intimidate. Intimidated people with a guilty conscience often made mistakes.
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Every time I think I've got you figured out you throw me a curve. - Veronica Knox
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And can I camping on you to cover my back? You have to ask? I wouldn't be asking if I didn't think I had to. Yes, I'll have your back. Will you have mine? I've had your back ever since you showed up, Knox. (John Puller and Veronica Knox)
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Barely." "And"
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bikini with a short terrycloth cover-up over it.
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Computer security was only as good as the programmer. The one who had fire walled this database has been good ---but not great. - Robert Puller
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People who lack confidence rarely win anything . - John Puller
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Experience without cynicism was a sure sign your brain had dry-rotted and you hadn't bothered to notice.
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Just because I work there doesn't mean I have to drink all the Kool-Aid. - Veronica Knox
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CHAPTER 33 PULLER WAS FOLLOWING LANDRY over to her place. She was ahead of him in a dark blue, white-topped Toyota FJ four-by-four Cruiser. It looked rugged and durable and ready to roll on asphalt or sand, which was probably why she had purchased it.
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Keeping out the mirror, water, and the towel, he put the other things away in the box and replaced it on the shelf. Another box held articles of a more technical nature. He pulled them all out and set them up neatly on the desk like a surgeon lining up his instruments before commencing an operation. He covered his shoulders and front with the towel and then sketched out what he wanted to do on a piece of paper. He applied spirit gum to his ..
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Something always leads to something else. - John Puller
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When you lie a rush of adrenaline to the capillaries in the nose causes it to itch. So people who are lying tend to involuntarily scratch it. - John Puller
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far less than one block in Brooklyn.
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he would have been under the tutelage of a two-star.
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