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You look very bright these days Jack, very smart too. Seems as if your uncle spares you a lot of pocket money.

— John Kiriamiti My Life in Crime (1984)

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The Swahili say that what you are not taught by your parents, you'll be taught by the world.

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When you have stayed in prison for as long as that, you become somehow mentally confused.

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If you don't stop the affair between you and Miss Makarios, I'll do a thing you'll regret for as long as you live.

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You are not going to stop anywhere under any circumstances unless I tell you so.

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When things are as they are now, one is better off with his mouth shut.

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