Raymond Chandler
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“Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck.” -Raymond Chandler
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“She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.” -Raymond Chandler
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“Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.” -Raymond Chandler
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“An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.” -Raymond Chandler
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“Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl’s clothes off.” -Raymond Chandler
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“Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.” -Raymond Chandler
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“He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.” -Raymond Chandler
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“The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.” -Raymond Chandler
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“The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you try to approach him on the level of his moral integrity he starts to talk business.” -Raymond Chandler
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“Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.” -Raymond Chandler
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An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence. – Raymond Chandler
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