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"What kine baboozes they got working up there in security?"
"Officer Medeiros has been nothing but professional," I said. "I don't think it's nice to call him a...whatever you called him."
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"You, a professor, don't even have a proper office chair. You sacrifice your dignity every day by sitting on a yoga ball."
"My dignity is very well toned from sitting on that ball, I'll have you know."
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"A very good salary"....
I involuntarily rolled my chair back when Iker told me the number, as if I were making room for a dump truck load of cash.
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"You're being ridiculous! Ridiculously blinded by lust!"
"Now wait a--"
"What were you thinking about, eating that meat?" [N.B. That's literal meat.]
"That wasn't lust," I said. "That was gluttony."
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"So maybe he steals his brother’s artifact out of jealousy, or pride, or, you know, anger."
"You forgot lust and gluttony."
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"I'm going to spell it out for you. One: Jimmy Tanaka was going to ruin Donnie Gonsalves. Two--"
"That's counting, not spelling."
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"Did you sell out for the money?"
"Of course I did! Why else would you sell out? It's called 'selling out' because you do it for the money."
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"Locus of control....A locust is an insect. Why do I have to explain that every time?"
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[Bonus golden-goose business]:
