1: Is this your kid?
2: Nope. Just a rental
A person can’t escape their nature.
And though I never would’ve anticipated it, in the end she did for me what I have done for so many: help solve a problem, first by observation, then by careful intervention — in other words, the Zero Effect.
Are you telling me you can speak six languages and fly a jetliner but you don’t know how to file a tax return?
Are you telling me you can speak six languages and fly a jetliner, but you don’t know how to file a tax return?
Gloria Sulivan: Whatever doesn’t kill you, defines you.
He’s here for the Accountant’s convention.
Hellooo, I don’t know!
I can’t possibly overstate the importance of good research. Everyone goes through life dropping crumbs. If you can recognize the crumbs, you can trace a path all the way back from your death certificate to the dinner and a movie that resulted in you in the first place. But research is an art, not a science, because anyone who knows what they’re doing can find the crumbs, the wheres, whats, and whos. The art is in the whys: the ability to read between the crumbs, not to mix metaphors. For every event, there is a cause and effect. For every crime, a motive. And for every motive, a passion. The art of research is the ability to look at the details, and see the passion.
I’ll shoot you. I have a gun and everything.
Keep moving every few months. Stay out of Westernized countries for awhile. Don’t carry too much cash on your body. Give incorrect information everywhere, and never use your real name.
No, that’s a ‘W-2.’ ‘WW2’ was the Second World War.
No. That’s a W2. WW2 was the second world war.
Now, a few words on looking for things. When you go looking for something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of all the things in the world, you’re only looking for one of them. When you go looking for anything at all, your chances of finding it are very good. Because of all the things in the world, you’re sure to find some of them.
Passion is the enemy of precision.
She was the only woman I ever… (backspaces and fixes the sentence) She was the only woman.
So, what am I supposed to do?
Take me to the scene of the crime.
There aren’t evil guys and innocent guys. It’s just… It’s just… It’s just a bunch of guys.
two guys…in an airport…talking – it’s a little fishy, don’t you think?
What doesn’t kill you defines you.
When your number is up, it’s up.
You should keep your receipts.
You went skydiving? Aren’t you afraid that you’re going to…die or something?
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