167 Quotes by Dashiell Hammett

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    It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.

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    I don't know much about him; never heard him say more than nope or yup.

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    People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living.

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    Our lawyers had their chat with the Supreme Court Justice, and promised to repast the chat to other members of the Supreme Court to find out whether they wanted to hear us out.

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