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Milo: You have to be serious if you want to be in love.
Andrew: You have to be serious about crime if you want to afford to be in love.

— Anthony Shaffer Sleuth (1970)

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Milo: I hear she's a scrubbed blonde with all the sex appeal of chilled Dettol.
Andrew: (with dignity) There are those who believe that cleanliness is next to sexiness.

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Milo: You must be joking.
Andrew: You would know it if I were.

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Andrew: It's not a fault if you can afford it. But can you?

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