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Monday, March 30, 2009 12:00 AM

Mysteries of logical reasoning

A belief in the freedom to do X may be motivated by many things other than a desire to do X.
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  • Monday, March 30, 2009 09:27 AM

    The law firm of Sullivan, Greenwald, Priest & Savage

    It was all bullshit to him. He didn't want security; he wanted power. And power at Sullivan, Greenwald, he knew, come only with your own client base, your own book of business. If you couldn't eat what you killed, you'd always be dependent on the scraps from someone else's table. That might have been fine for other associates. But it would never be enough for him.

    Which was why Hilzoy was so damned valuable...From Fault Line

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