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The killer had obviously grasped one important concept, a thing that eludes most people who decide on her line of work—nobody’s ever been arrested for a murder; they have only ever been arrested for not planning it properly.

— Terry Hayes I Am Pilgrim (2013)

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The effectiveness of any operation is in inverse proportion to the number of people used.

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I’ve always been pretty much on the outside of any side you can find.

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Despite its huge wealth, vast oil reserves, and love of high-tech American ornaments, nothing really works in Saudi Arabia.

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Crime intelligence reports from any police force in Europe would tell you that half of Albania was involved in the murder-for-hire business.

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We’ve got one huge advantage—people believe what they see in databases. They’ve never learned the most important rule of cyberspace—computers don’t lie but liars can compute.

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