When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.

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He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

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When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split.

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I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.

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The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.

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Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

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The moment a man begins to talk about technique that's proof that he is fresh out of ideas.

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There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that.

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Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

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I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.

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