How many words are you having trouble with, sir?"

"Just the ones that I've highlighted."

"I count at least a dozen, and I haven't gotten out of the first paragraph."

"That's as far as I got, too. I'm not sure you and I speak the same language.

Howard Tayler

Stichwörter: humour language vocabulary legalese



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Is it really 'pro bono' if a lawyer takes your case in exchange for explosives?
-Captain Hartung

Howard Tayler

Stichwörter: lawyer pro-bono explosives



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This document outlines our plan to perpetrate insurance fraud, insider trading, and character assassination.
...hopefully tripling our paycheck on this job.

Okay, see? Those words I understand just fine. Use them more often.
-Lieutenant Massey Reynstein

Howard Tayler

Stichwörter: money plans vocabulary criminals



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The spirit of the law is the least of the things we're prepared to violate.

Howard Tayler

Stichwörter: violence threats spirit-versus-letter



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When the enemy of my enemy is willing to use plasma weapons inside a hotel, I think I can do better than stupid aphorisms, General.
-Captain Kevyn Andreyasn

Howard Tayler

Stichwörter: humour violence aphorism



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Ennesby, get the Serial Peacemaker to the beach for dustoff."

"Dustoff? You're going to run away from three guys?"

"No, I'm going to kill or capture those three guys, and then run away from the Police.

Howard Tayler

Stichwörter: humour military crime sci-fi evasive-action



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Technically, you don't pay me.
And technically, most of what I do is "think."

I...rrr. ummm.

And when you get right down to it, I'm better at it than you are.
-Ennesby

Howard Tayler

Stichwörter: intelligence thinking humour military



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Where's your sense of adventure?

It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airtight alibi.
-Captain Tagon

Howard Tayler

Stichwörter: humour self-preservation alibi mysterious-circumstances sense-of-adventure



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Captain, I'm fairly unique among artificial intelligences. I am FREE.
I work for you because I want to.
I fly your ship for you because I enjoy it.
I am compelled to accept orders only by my conscience.
This makes me an equal with the rest of your troops. They aren't hard-wired to obey you, yet they'll follow you to the ends of the Universe.

Howard Tayler

Stichwörter: freedom military loyalty artifical-intelligence



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Yes, but none of them can steal my ship.

None of them are smart enough to know that it was the right thing to do at the time.

Howard Tayler

Stichwörter: humour sci-fi stealing warship



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