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By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime.

~Edward Livingston

Topics: Act Acts Alone Constitute Crime Empowered Fix His Law Looks Make Mind President Shall Thoughts Words

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History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns - gasp - describe the West. Techno-thriller readers expect to learn something about technology from their fiction.

~Edward M. Lerner

Topics: About Background Crime Crime Fiction Describe Expect Fiction Forensics Historical Historical Fiction History Learn Mystery Police Procedure Readers Something Technology West Westerns

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I don't think a reporter necessarily becomes an arm of law enforcement. I think a reporter is like any other citizen. If a citizen can do his or her duty as a witness, if they have information about a crime, or if they have information about a criminal group, I think that there's a duty on the part of the citizen.

~Edwin Meese

Topics: About Any Arm Becomes Citizen Crime Criminal Duty Enforcement Group Her His Information Law Law Enforcement Like Necessarily Other Part Reporter Think Witness I Think

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To restrict the artist is a crime. It is to murder germinating life.

~Egon Schiele

Topics: Artist Crime Life Restrict

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In researching 'The Luminaries,' I did read quite a lot of 20th-century crime. My favourites out of that were James M. Cain, Dassiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Graham Greene and Patricia Highsmith.

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: Crime Did Favourites Graham James Lot Out Quite Quite A Lot Raymond Read Researching Were

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When I was writing 'The Luminaries,' I read a lot of crime novels because I wanted to figure out which ones made me go, 'Ah! I didn't know that was coming!'

~Eleanor Catton

Topics: Because Coming Crime Figure Go Know Lot Made Me Novels Out Read Wanted Which Writing Ah

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By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.

~Elijah Cummings

Topics: Children Clutch Crime Education Generations Help Hopelessness Nation Our Poverty Prosperity Providing Safeguard Save Students Unborn

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Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

~Elizabeth Fry

Topics: Crime Criminal Lessen Punishment Reform Revenge

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The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective's personal life, the circumstances of the crime and, most important, the atmosphere of the English countryside that functions as another character.

~Elizabeth George

Topics: Another Aspect Atmosphere Character Circumstances Countryside Crime Detective Emotional English Functions Great Important Life Most Novel Offers Personal Personal Life Tapestry Tradition Where You

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Maybe I don't see enough television, but it seems there aren't many shows that are romantic comedies that are an hour long where you're not solving a crime or being a doctor.

~Elizabeth Reaser

Topics: Being Comedies Crime Doctor Enough Hour Long Many Maybe Romantic Romantic Comedies See Seems Shows Solving Television Where You

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