unearths some literary gems.
From Rex Stout:
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"No." He meant every word of it.
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[Arbitrary non-round-number percentages dept.]
At least 91.2 per cent of the district attorneys in the State of New York think they would make fine tenants of the governor's mansion in Albany.
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"You're at liberty to tell me to go climb a tree if you find the question ticklish. I might add that I would be at liberty to climb a pole instead of a tree."
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Archie has found some rocks that might yield evidence, but he's lecturing himself about how impractical it will be to home in on it...
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Good for you, I thought, you've made one hell of a discovery and now you're a geologist. All you have to do now is put every damn rock under the glass, and along about Labor Day you'll be ready to report. Ignoring my sarcasm, I went on looking.
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"If Wolfe had intercepted me to tell me to type for him a summary of the headway made during the week, it wouldn't have delayed me more than ten seconds. I could merely have stepped into the office for a blank sheet of paper and handed it to him--or, if he wanted it in triplicate, three sheets."
