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“Fair enough, that's what most people look for to begin with, but money can be a sliding scale, the more you have, the more you want, the more you need,' McBlane said as he sharpened the ash on the tip of his cigar into a point against the rim of the ashtray. It gave him the appearance of wielding a dagger as he gestured with his cigar holding hand.”
― The Elephant Tree
― The Elephant Tree
“He totally lost it. Here comes the apoplexy.”
― Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
― Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
“Buying loyalty can be as effective as fear when one’s rival is poorer than oneself.”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
“–Ya sé -dijo Two-Bit con una de sus sonrisas de buen humor-, cuando nos toca la vez a nosotros siempre tenemos las peores cartas, pero así son las cosas. Qué le vas a hacer. Ajo y agua.”
― The Outsiders
― The Outsiders
“The Minister of Army answered, “Bob, I thought that you would have been an astute and clever enough a politician to think of this yourself, but seeing how you have asked me, I suggest that you wait until eight in the night on Thursday 29/April/1965 to announce that Australia will send the First Battalion Royal Australian Regiment to fight in South Vietnam. By you waiting until the evening of 29/April/1965 to announce this in Parliament, the labour opposition leader of Arthur Caldwell and his deputy leader of Gough Whitlam should be absent, as will be most of the entire parliament, because the following day is the beginning of a long week-
end. You are legally not required to give advanced warning to the house, so you can easily get away with this!”
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
end. You are legally not required to give advanced warning to the house, so you can easily get away with this!”
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
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