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A big Russian lady, who seemed to be the household cook, supervised the making of zakuski -- Russian hors d'oeuvres, which unfortunately didn't include pigs-in-a-blanket. What kind of party is this?
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Sara looked at the well-kept houses along the road. "These Communist pigs have beach clubs, good food, and access to foreign goods that the Cuban people can only dream about."
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back up his story? He didn't give Picard any other names. Only Farley." Tyson shook his head. "Maybe Farley was the only one whose whereabouts he knew. Maybe they kept up their wartime acquaintance." "A medical doctor and a strung-out paraplegic junkie? I doubt that. Were they good friends over there?" "Not that I recall." Corva sat. "This is like pulling teeth. You are not going to tell me what motivates Brandt and Farley, though I think y..
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Stomp.
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Americans, they'll have a legal means to recover
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Well, I was on the slippery slope into the abyss of love, companionship, and happiness--and you know where that leads. Misery.
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There's a saying--'I'd rather regret the things I did than the things I didn't do.' " "I actually regret both."
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totally incompetent blowhard, an idiot and a fool.
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He looked around the crowded room. "The walls have ears." "Actually, they have termites. And no one here cares what we're talking about. Look, Mr. Macia, you have offered me two million dollars and it will not surprise you that I could use the money, but--"
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an officer and a gentleman by an act of Congress, but an asshole by choice." The military also discourages"
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You intrigue me.
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I honestly don't know how anyone functions in this society without a law degree.
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Somewhere in between the cynical lies and a naive trust in the human race was the true human condition: complex and capable of anything from heroism and self-sacrifice to betrayal and murder.
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Before you go on any mission, you need to understand what you know, identify what you don't know, and try to guess what could go wrong.
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I recall very well a time when things were better at home. So, I must answer the age-old question: Do I move or make home improvements ?
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When you're dealing with people who have no moral center, no loyalty to anyone but themselves, you don't always get the logical results you expect, or the truth that you paid for.
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One can be a product only of one's own era, not anyone else's.
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Survival is a strong instinct, surrender is not an option, and all combat is justifiable homicide. But you pay a price.
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Memories about the past are always about the present.
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survived one trip into
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Henry Mercado, Purcell knew, was comforted by thinking he was protecting the Holy Grail from the Antichrist, or whatever, and he could go to his martyrdom happy in the knowledge that when he met Jesus he could say, 'I saved your cup.
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There is a vitality here of people, pursuing their own lives, unburdened by government interference. The price of nearly absolute freedom is borderline anarchy." "A little law and order wouldn't hurt." "Whose law? Whose order? Fascists and Communists have in common the desire to get everyone into lockstep. I don't want to get into lockstep."
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if he were honest with himself, he'd understand that his hate was, in fact, a form of respect. You don't bother to hate what you think is contemptible.
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