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An investigator, not an interrogator, is the best lie detector test available. The two, however, do go hand in hand. And being a detective, you will need to play both roles.” “So, as an interrogator, I should assume they are telling the
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I love this exchange between Lana and her mentor.
“A career is what you look back on. What you live is a life.”
― A Town Divided by Christmas
― A Town Divided by Christmas
“There are few things more beautiful to an author's eye, he confessed to Billy, than a well-read copy of one of his books.”
― The Lincoln Highway
― The Lincoln Highway
“Even if you walk the same road a hundred times, you’ll find something different each time.”
― The Samurai's Garden
― The Samurai's Garden
“Philosophy? What good is that? Isn’t it the art of saying nothing with as many words as possible?”
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“That is one of the great mistakes people make: assuming that someone who does menial work does not like thinking. Physical labor is great for the mind, as it leaves all kinds of time to consider the world. Other work, like accounting or scribing, demands little of the body—but siphons energy from the mind.
If you wish to become a storyteller, here is a hint: sell your labor, but not your mind. Give me ten hours a day scrubbing a deck, and oh the stories I could imagine. Give me ten hours adding sums, and all you’ll have me imagining at the end is a warm bed and a thought-free evening.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
If you wish to become a storyteller, here is a hint: sell your labor, but not your mind. Give me ten hours a day scrubbing a deck, and oh the stories I could imagine. Give me ten hours adding sums, and all you’ll have me imagining at the end is a warm bed and a thought-free evening.”
― Tress of the Emerald Sea
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