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You get rich through luck. You get rich through crime. You get rich through fulfilling the needs of another. You can be as greedy as you like. If you can't do one of those three things, you ain't going to get any money.

~David Mamet

Topics: Another Any Crime Fulfilling Get Going Greedy Like Luck Money Needs Rich Things Those Three Through You

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Roll back the clock, and every possession of every great country started with a crime.

~David Mamet

Topics: Back Clock Country Crime Every Great Great Country Possession Roll Started

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Foreign policy is inseparable from domestic policy now. Is terrorism foreign policy or domestic policy? It's both. It's the same with crime, with the economy, climate change.

~David Miliband

Topics: Both Change Climate Climate Change Crime Domestic Economy Foreign Foreign Policy Inseparable Now Policy Same Terrorism

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I'm from a time and place where bigheadedness was a really savage crime, and you'd get cut down for it by your peers and parents.

~David Mitchell

Topics: Crime Cut Down Get Parents Peers Place Really Savage Time Where You Your

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To tell an ally - who is shedding blood next to you - that you can't share information is a crime.

~David Warner

Topics: Ally Blood Crime Information Next Share Shedding Tell Who You

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Repentance is a sweet solace to conscience as well as the most complete atonement to the Supreme Judge of our offenses; notwithstanding, the tongue of malevolence and scurrility may be continually preparing its most poisonous ingredients for the punishment of a crime, which has already received more than half a pardon.

~Deborah Sampson

Topics: Atonement Complete Conscience Continually Crime Half Ingredients Judge May More Most Notwithstanding Our Pardon Poisonous Preparing Punishment Received Repentance Solace Supreme Sweet Than Tongue Well Which

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Our media provides a continuing message that for men, heroism is defined through association with control, independence, and the ability to commit violence, from superheroes to crime dramas.

~Deeyah Khan

Topics: Ability Association Commit Continuing Control Crime Defined Dramas Heroism Independence Media Men Message Our Provides Superheroes Through Violence

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I would have to commit a crime and have cops chase me. That would be the only way to get me to jog five miles.

~Denis Leary

Topics: Chase Commit Cops Crime Five Get Jog Me Miles Only Way Would

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I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it's much easier to do something really good. Especially when readers know what those are. They know what to expect and then you have to wrong-foot them. That is the trick of crime fiction. And readers come to crime and graphic novels wanting to be entertained, or disgusted.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Certain Come Crime Crime Fiction Disgusted Easier Entertained Expect Fiction Good Graphic Graphic Novels Know Much Novels Parameters Readers Really Respond Rules Something Them Then Those Trick Very Wanting Well You

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Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when she gets older; she is going to be worried about her brother and sister; she will be making a living while bringing up kids.

~Denise Mina

Topics: About After Bringing Brother Brother And Sister Crime Female Genre Gets Going Hard Her Kids Living Looking Making Making A Living Mum Older Protagonist She Sister Up Very While Will Worried You

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