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Los Angeles is a Yukon for crime-story writers.


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No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.

No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.



If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.



A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.



The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.

The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.



Venus can see at night without eyes.

Venus can see at night without eyes.



Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic

Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic



When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth.

When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth.



About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.

About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.



Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.

Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.



Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience.

Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience.





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Give me a man who sings at his work.



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Any system described by a power law [...] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average.



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When I was 15 and then 16 years old, I spent two summers in Nicaragua for a service project. I took Spanish classes the first week and got acclimated to Central America. I loved it.



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It got a little boring I guess, playing the same note over and over.



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Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule.



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