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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| b2a2289 | Don't shit where you eat. Don't harass and screw interns and staff for the same reason. If someone can't see how they jeopardize the mission by not being able to see past temptation, they aren't fit for the job. I heard my old TI's mottos, "The little mistakes get the wrong people killed!" | Gary J. Byrne | ||
| 2fcb199 | People like Monica and the entire Clinton Machine should never have had access to classified national security-related intelligence or enjoyed leadership positions. Their irresponsibility had consequences. Good men died from it--both in Mogadishu and Benghazi. We had friends die from exhaustion or from falling asleep at the wheel while ensuring the Secret Service mission of protecting the president. To die for a man of character--I can live.. | Gary J. Byrne | ||
| 43a669b | four consecutive temples--the first made of laurel, the second of birds' feathers and beeswax, the third of bronze, and the fourth of stone--the last of which was burned down in 548 BC. Pindar's | Michael C. Scott | ||
| 961f3b4 | The fact remains: Good design is testable, and design that isn't testable is bad. | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| 1ceab63 | we can't let "best" be the enemy of "better." | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| 0dc0ba6 | Teams take serious chances when they try to make large changes without tests. It is like doing aerial gymnastics without a net. | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| c8e440b | system will get better as long as people aren't introducing duplication behind your back. If they are, you can take steps with them short of physical violence, | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| 9b5b227 | brush, Pattern *backdrop) { | Michael C. Feathers | ||
| a328ecd | just bought himself a new set of clubs a couple of months | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 4a2967a | Did that happen?" asked Shadow. "Did what happen, shit-for-brains?" asked Mr. Nancy. "The hall. The fire. Tiger balls. Riding the Carousel." | Neil Gaiman | ||
| 72a40cb | Sapphic Chords On what marble stones would you scratch your love today? Spray it on brick walls, rap it in pool halls, hang it on the clothes line with you lingerie? Oh, Sappho! Would you swing a softball bat, wear lipstick, ride a Harley? What novels would you pen, what political party? Is that really tenderness in your final line, or do words hang for what you couldn't say? What remnants you left behind, too little but enough for us to kn.. | sappho | Nancy Boutilier | |
| 061f9c6 | The orderly is nearing the end of his rounds. I can hear his footsteps echoing in the hall and his ragged breathing. He's a big man. I can smell his sweat. He's checking on the inmate next door. It'll be my turn next. He always saves me for last. I guess it's because he's scared of me. I don't blame him. I'm scared of me, too. | Nancy A. Collins | ||
| e59fe4f | Sure enough, standing with their backs to the hall fire, were Aunt Sadie, Aunt Emily, and a small, fair, and apparently young man. My immediate impression was that he did not seem at all like a husband. He looked kind and gentle. | marriage satirical-humour social-criticism | Nancy Mitford | |
| e157d7b | A little bird told me. | Birds | ||
| 46498c4 | I'm | Carolyn Keene | ||
| c98d17e | NANCY DREW | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 226cbdb | NANCY DREW began peeling off her garden gloves as she ran up the porch steps and into the hall to answer the ringing telephone. She picked it up and said, "Hello!" "Hi, Nancy! This is Helen." Although Helen Corning was nearly three years older than Nancy, the two girls were close friends. "Are you tied up on a case?" Helen asked. "No. What's up? A mystery?" "Yes--a haunted house." | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 6fcc83a | hunting for a needle in a haystack. | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 6a26e1e | night? | Carolyn Keene | ||
| a892248 | Chapter Four Flavor Saver | Carolyn Keene | ||
| aaaf525 | ice cream, | Carolyn Keene | ||
| b61f08c | MEET ME AT AIRPORT TOMORROW MORNING AT SEVEN. JEWELRY IN BRASS CHEST EXAMINED. WE MUST LOCATE OWNER. | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 68c80f4 | Mr. Clyde Mead | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 9e8c557 | George | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 21f156a | Sacsahuaman | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 8f55785 | The two women watched Judy intently as they introduced themselves as Edna and Mary Turner, great-aunts of the little girl. | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 54698d6 | Jenna's family's boat. "That's great!" Bess exclaimed. "It's very generous," Marni said. "I haven't decided if I'm going to use it or not." "Why wouldn't you?" George asked incredulously. "I just don't know if I feel comfortable," Marni replied. She paused for a second before continuing, "Besides, the GPS is on the fritz. I have to see if I can get that to work before I can make a decision." "I bet I can fix it!" George offered enthusiastic.. | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 1773095 | Mary Mason. | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 4897d2e | At the same time, the Establishment and their media allies were in full cry. Lord McGregor, the Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, issued a statement condemning the hysteria that the book immediately generated as 'An odious exhibition of journalists dabbling their fingers in the stuff of other people's souls.' In fact, this criticism was never made of the book itself; indeed, Lord McGregor has since told me that the issue was the .. | Andrew Morton | ||
| 090e049 | companion. | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 91b3bad | I've sprained it." "Oh no! Let me see." The receptionist jumped up from behind her desk. As she bent over Bess's ankle, she didn't notice Bess wink at Nancy. "If I could just get some ice," Bess said, with a weak smile that looked totally convincing. The receptionist nodded. "Of course. We've got ice in our break area at the back of the office," she said. "Here, let me help you." Great! thought Nancy. Now, if I can just sneak into Bruce's o.. | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 5e3c8fa | was just about to invite you to dance," came the unexpected reply. The orchestra was switching tempos and Nancy nodded. She followed the stranger to the center of the floor where several other couples were trying unsuccessfully to keep from bumping into each other. "I don't know your name," the young detective said as the two began to dance." | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 4dc232a | mystery | Carolyn Keene | ||
| b31a437 | bess | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 2500d1e | The chandelier suddenly started to sway | Carolyn Keene | ||
| e71dae9 | This Mrs. Emory remembers she phoned the Horton house to talk to her friend about a class reunion. | Carolyn Keene | ||
| bd1fe44 | Hi, Judy!" she called to the little girl, who was playing in the yard with a midget badminton set." | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 7f82474 | There was only one sentence in it. 'Tell no one about the 99 steps. Monsieur Neuf'! | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 0f216b1 | On a hunch she asked whose signature Claude Aubert had forged. The group was astounded to learn it was that of Charles Leblanc! The "frightened financier"!" | Carolyn Keene | ||
| ddcb219 | As Jeffers' prisoners berated themselves for being caught in the diplodocus cage, the man suddenly turned and came back. Once more he gave a chilling, sardonic laugh. | unintentionally-hilarious | Carolyn Keene | |
| 2080a06 | NANCY DREW, an attractive girl of eighteen, was driving home along a country road in her new, dark-blue convertible. She had just delivered some legal papers for her father. | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 9718095 | town of River Heights, frequently discussed puzzling aspects of cases with his blond, blue-eyed daughter. | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 013459a | The night the day of our find, Dr. Pitt and the stone tablet disappeared! | Carolyn Keene | ||
| 36833df | The same night that Dr. Pitt, the cipher stone, and the keys disappeared, the Tinos vanished. | Carolyn Keene |