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He put down the receiver and looked vaguely at the paper in his hand. It was a rough piece of white wrapping paper. Scrawled in pencil in ragged block letters were the words: HE DISAGREED WITH SOMETHING THAT ATE HIM
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death
shark
bond
message
threat
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His face showed neither pleasure nor excitement.
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The thin man had hit him a hard professional cutting blow with the edge of the hand. There was something rather deadly about his accuracy and lack of effort. He was now again lying back, his eyes closed. He was a man to make you afraid, an evil man. Bond hoped he might get a chance of killing him.
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He cursed himself and cursed the hubris which had made him so sure the battle was won and the enemy in flight.
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By now it was dawn - about five o'clock, Bond guessed - and he reflected that a mile or two on was the turning to Le Chiffre's villa. He had not thought that they would take Vesper there. Now that he realized that Vesper had only been a sprat to catch a mackerel the whole picture became clear.
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For the first time since his capture, fear came to Bond and crawled up his spine.
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Miss Moneypenny would have been desirable but for eyes which were cool and direct and quizzical.
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We're both travelling bad roads and all bad roads lead to the bad town.
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Now it's your turn again,' she said. 'Buy me another drink and then tell me what sort of a woman you think would add to you.' Bond gave his order to the steward. He lit a cigarette and turned back to her. 'Somebody who can make Sauce Bearnaise as well as love,' he said. 'Holy mackerel! Just any old dumb hag who can cook and lie on her back?
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Painters, writers, musicians are lonely people. So are statesmen and admirals and generals. But then, I added to be fair, so are criminals and lunatics. Let's just say, not to be too flattering, that true individuals are lonely. -- Vivienne Michel
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romance
bond
thriller
spy
crime
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Some love is fire, some love is rust. But the finest, cleanest love is lust.
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Benzedrine,' he said. 'I rang up my secretary before dinner and asked her to wangle some out of the surgery at Headquarters. It's what I shall need if I'm going to keep my wits about me tonight. It's apt to make one a bit overconfident, but that'll be a help too.
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Bond remembered the dictum of the pros: 'It's never too early to start winning.
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I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad.
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If one could be right every hand, none of us would be here,' he said philosophically.
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The man who was only a silhouette. She
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standing back a few yards from a dusty road, was almost identical. But on this side the four windows were barred, and the central door was of oak. The villa had two medium-sized bedrooms on the upper floor and on the ground floor a sitting-room and a kitchen, part of which was walled off into a lavatory. There was no bathroom. The drowsy luxurious silence of early afternoon was broken by the sound of a car coming down the road. It stopped i..
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W]hen one's young, it seems very easy to distinguish between right and wrong, but as one gets older it becomes more difficult. At school it's easy to pick out one's own villains and heroes and one grows up wanting to be a hero and kill the villains.
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heroes
good
youth
villains
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The seventy million cubic metres of rubble in Berlin are gradually being made into mountains, which then will be turfed and have trees planted on them. These mountains are known as Monte Klamotten--Rubbish Mountains--and the total operation is known as 'Hitler's Collected Works'.
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Ir loti skumji mazgat velu, ja taja nav neviena viriesa krekla.
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mīlestība
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Clausewitz's first principle was to have a secure base. From there one proceeds to freedom of action.
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The back two had fanned out a step to have a clear field of fire. Three revolvers, ungainly with their sausage-shaped silencers, whipped out of holsters concealed among the rags. With disciplined precision the three men aimed at different points down Strangways's spine - one between the shoulders, one in the small of the back, one at the pelvis. The three heavy coughs were almost one. Strangways's body was hurled forward as if it had been k..
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If you find yourself dead in your bed tonight,' laughed Bond, 'you'll know who did it.
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What's the good of other people's opinions? Animals don't consult each other about other animals. They look and sniff and feel. In love and hate, and everything in between, those are the only tests that matter. But people are unsure of their own instincts. They want reassurance. So they ask someone else whether they should like a particular person or not. And as the world loves bad news, they nearly always get a bad answer - or at least a q..
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Of all of them, I'd choose the Walther PPK 7.65 mm. It only came fourth after the Japanese M-14, the Russian Tokarev and the Sauer M-38. But I like its light trigger pull and the extension spur of the magazine gives a grip that should suit 007. It's a real stopping gun. Of course it's about a .32 calibre as compared with the Beretta's .25, but I wouldn't recommend anything lighter. And you can get ammunition for the Walther anywhere in the ..
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The world is too public. These things can only be secured in privacy. You talk of kings and presidents. How much power do they possess? As much as their people will allow them. Who in the world has the power of life or death over his people? Now that Stalin is dead, can you name any man except myself? And how do I possess that power, that sovereignty? Through privacy. Through the fact that nobody knows. Through the fact that I have to accou..
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Now the pieces in the puzzle fell firmly into place. For this it was certainly worth scaring away a few birds and wiping out a few people. Privacy? Of course Doctor No would have to kill him and the girl. Power? This was it. Doctor No had really got himself into business.
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Bond broke into his warehouse one night and left a thermite bomb. He then went and sat in a cafe a mile away and watched the flames leap above the horizon of roof-tops and listened to the silver cascade of the fire-brigade bells.
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History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.' Mathis
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Slowly the red dawn broke over the endless plain of black grass that gradually turned to the famous Kentucky blue as the sun ironed out the shadows.
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The gloomy hall was also the main living-room. A meagre fire flickered behind the fire-irons in the wide hearth and two club chairs and a Knole sofa stood impassively watching the flames. Between them on a low settee was a well-stocked drink tray. The wide spaces surrounding this spark of life were crowded with massive Rothschildian pieces of furniture of the Second Empire, and ormolu, tortoiseshell, brass and mother-of-pearl winked back ri..
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ugly night swim, had built up tensions that could only be eased by sleep and solitude. He went out like a light - to dream of Domino being pursued by a shark with dazzling white teeth that suddenly became Largo, Largo who turned on him with those huge hands. They were coming closer, they reached slowly for him, they had him by the shoulder ...
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How do you know there aren't such things as dragons?... What do you think you know about animals and things? I've lived with snakes and things since I was a child. Alone. Have you ever seen a praying mantis eat her husband after they've made love? Have you ever seen the mongoose dance? Or an octopus dance? How long is a hummingbird's tongue? Have you ever had a pet snake that wore a bell round its neck and rang it to wake you? Have you seen..
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Those who deserve to die,' he paused, 'die the death they deserve.
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Oddjob turned and walked stolidly back towards them. When he was half way across the floor, and without pausing or taking aim, he reached up to his hat, took it by the rim and flung it sideways with all his force. There was a loud clang. For an instant the rim of the bowler hat stuck an inch deep in the panel Goldfinger had indicated, then it fell and clattered on the floor. Goldfinger smiled politely at Bond. 'A light but very strong alloy..
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America's a civilized country. More or less. What
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It was the mistakes one made at the beginning of a case that were the worst. They were the irretrievable ones, the ones that got you off on the wrong foot, that gave the enemy the first game.
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In the evening darkness doesn't really fall, it rises. When
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Ian Fleming |
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So you're going to Las Vegas,' said Bond. 'Funny coincidence department.' He told Leiter about his conversation with Shady Tree. 'Sure,' said Leiter. 'No coincidence about it. We're both travelling bad roads and all bad roads lead to the bad town. I
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Ian Fleming |
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5 ....... NIGGER HEAVEN
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Ian Fleming |
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He disagreed with something that ate him.
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Ian Fleming |
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I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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Ian Fleming |
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Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
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Ian Fleming |