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Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.
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A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.
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Women need a reason to have sex; men need only a place.
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It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.
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the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.
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made me promise to cut down on the drinking and swearing, which I have. Unfortunately, this has left me dim-witted and nearly speechless.
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I continued, "The painting shows this fish with a big eye and a halo, floating in air, and underneath the fish are all these Native Americans having sex." "What? What does that have to do with Custer's Last Stand?" "Well, the painting is titled, Holy Mackerel, Look at All Those Fucking Indians."
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Job happiness is directly proportional to the distance you are from the home office.
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I turned to the Times crossword puzzle and asked Kate, "What's the definition of a moderate Arab?" "I don't know." "A guy who ran out of ammunition."
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Everyone looked pensive, which is good cover-up for clueless.
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I enjoy the presence of a woman in the house for brief periods of time. They fall into two categories: the organizers and the slobs. There's probably a third category--the naggers, who try to get you to do things, but I've never run into one of those. Oddly, I have no preference regarding oganizers or slobs, as long as they don't try to pick my clothes for me. Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients t..
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Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn't know me.
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Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.
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Kate had never been married, so she had no way of knowing if I was a normal husband. This has been good for our marriage.
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Most guys arrived here normal, and they were shocked and sickened by the behavior of the guys who'd been here a while. Then within a few weeks, they'd stop being shocked, and within a few months a lot of them joined the club of the crazies. And most of them, I think, went home and became normal again, though some didn't. But I never once saw anyone here who had gone around the bend ever return to normal while they were still here. It only g..
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Nostalgia is basically the ability to forget the things that sucked.
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How you doing at 26 Fed?" "I'm growing and learning, meeting new challenges with confidence and enthusiasm while developing good work ethics and people skills." "I'm surprised they haven't fired your ass." "Me too."
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The window on the right featured contemporary bestselling authors like Brad Meltzer, James Patterson, David Baldacci, Nelson DeMille, and others who make more money writing about what I do than I make doing what I do.
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What these people were trying to create or re-create here in this new world is beyond me. I can't put myself in their minds or their hearts, but I can sympathize with their struggle for an identity, with their puzzlement, which has troubled Americans from the very beginning - Who are we, where do we fit in, where are we going?
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I want to be back to work next week. 'Let's get you home first. I need to evaluate the extent of your mental impairment.' She tried to flash me the peace sign, but in her weakend condition, she only managed to raise her middle finger.
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Somehow, amid all the sophistication and diversions of this world, we forgot the basics: take care of business at home first, and never betray your blood.
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I don't like mysteries, which is why I want to solve them. It bothers me that there are things I don't know.
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I tried to picture a bunch of guys in blue suits running around a beachside neighborhood, knocking on doors and flashing Fed creds. That should cause a stampede of illegal aliens heading south.
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You get a promotion?" "I got a polite, but firm suggestion to be a team player. [...]" "You got off easy. One of my commanding officers once threw a paperweight at me." "We're a bit more subtle."
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Detective Ramos confided in me, 'If something happens to you on my watch my ass is O-U-T.' 'How do you think I'd feel? D-E-A-D.
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E, tova beshe d'lbokata mi mis'l za denia, a oshche niamashe deset sutrinta. Opravikh vratovr'zkata si i se zamislikh za fizionomiia. Ia da vidim... Imashe goliama veroiatnost da s'm zat'nal do ushite v laina, zatova reshikh da izglezhdam vesel i dovolen, che s'm tam. V'zpriekh s'otvetnoto izrazhenie i tr'gnakh k'm biuroto si.
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I wasn't sure about that, but one never knows. Sometimes a neighborhood, like a culture or civilization, is strong enough to absorb and acculturate any number of newcomers. But I don't know if that's true around here any longer. The outward forms and appearances look the same - [...]- but the substance has been altered.
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life
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As with real estate, what matters with bullet holes is location, location, location.
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An Englishman once said that he found it easier to be a member of a club than of the human race because the bylaws were shorter, and he knew all the members personally. That sounds about right.
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The air was so thick with testosterone that the wallpaper was getting soggy.
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From the unknown, through the unknown, to the unknown. Put your hand into the hand of God. It will be all right.
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But if I could choose how and when I wanted to die, I would want to be an eighty-year-old man shot by a jealous young husband who had caught me in bed with his teenage wife.
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I spent most of my money on booze and broads and I wasted the rest of it.
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There is no harder worker than a former government employee who has discovered the word incentive.
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Credo quia impossibile.' I believe it because it is impossible.
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I only drink a little, but when I do, I become a different person, and that person drinks a lot.
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Anyway, I'm getting really intolerant of liars, fools, blowhards, and power freaks.
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This place is so small you have to go outside to change your mind.
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Well, sonny, in my country, gun control means using both hands.
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And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
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Well, no one ever said the truth would make you happy--only free.
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Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.
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He understood, too, that they had not necessarily been chosen to succeed, or even to live. But they'd been chosen to find the Holy Grail that was within themselves. And that's what this was always about; the Grail was a phantom and the journey was inward, into their hearts and souls.
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Your website shows only one booking in that time period." "Really? I need to update that. So, that's the price." "You drive a hard bargain, Mr. MacCormick." "Captain." "Captain." He glanced around. "Let's get a table." "Why?" "There are some other details you need to know."
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