Pass Line Bet

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    “Anybody who’s been through a divorce will tell you that at one point ... they’ve thought murder. The line between thinking murder and doing murder isn’t that major.”
    —Oliver Stone (b. 1946)

    “I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “The man of business ... goes on Sunday to the church with the regularity of the village blacksmith, there to renounce and abjure before his God the line of conduct which he intends to pursue with all his might during the following week.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “Alicia Huberman: Look, I’ll make it easy for you. The time has come when you must tell me that you have a wife and two adorable children, and this madness between us can’t go on any longer.
    T.R. Devlin: I bet you’ve heard that line often enough.
    Alicia: Right below the belt every time. Oh that isn’t fair, Dev.
    Devlin: Skip it. We have other things to talk about. We have a job.”
    —Ben Hecht (1893–1964)