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Birmingham City Council was playing third time lucky with the design of the city's celebrated Victoria Square . . .
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I spy,' said the first mate, 'with my little eye, something beginning with W.
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At any given time, ninety-nine-point-nine-five per cent of the human race are a confounded nuisance
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The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet.
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Ronnie Bosch sat in his studio, stared long and hard at his drawing board, and groaned.
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Tom Holt |
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'Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.'
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Tom Holt |
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Here and there a doorway or low arch concealed the occasional mugger, rapist or lawyer.
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Tom Holt |
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Vote!' [Saint] George rolled his eyes. 'This is an assassination, not a debating society.' - c. 7
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Tom Holt |
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Good guys is just a fancy way of saying Us. Bad guys is only ever Them.' -
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Tom Holt |
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Talking to yourself is a sign of madness. Talking to yourself, dead, is class.'
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Tom Holt |
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Jeez, for a superior intelligence, you must be just plain dumb,' he said.
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Tom Holt |
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I write stuff," he said. I don't necessarily believe it myself."
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Tom Holt |
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Nothing helps a lie succeed more than a generous helping of the truth.
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Tom Holt |
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The more he asserted it, the less they believed him, which is human nature for you.
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Tom Holt |
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Our lot may be all-seeing and all-knowing, but that's a long way removed from all-understanding.
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Tom Holt |
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But the unforeseen consequences--""I don't know, I can't foresee them."
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Tom Holt |
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Why get so worked up about a nonexistent threat? Answer: someone somewhere is covering something up.
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