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21 " I mean present the best case possible using whatever facts or near facts are handy. "
― David Baldacci , The Escape (John Puller, #3)
22 " Shots around the knee region, however, reduced the toughest men to screaming babies. Rogers "
23 " We fight. We don’t betray. "
24 " Really good liars always work in something true to make the lie more plausible. "
25 " People can lie with words, but their faces, and in particular their eyes, give them away. They "
26 " something always leads to something else. "
27 " When I hugged you for the burgers. Susan Reynolds isn’t the only one good at sleight of hand.” Puller "
28 " Across the room he had placed a mirror he’d found in her bathroom on a table. It was angled so that he could see her face reflected in it, while he remained hidden from her. "
29 " There’s one key difference between the Olympics and combat, Susan. You might have overlooked it.” He paused. “In the Olympics, no one is shooting back at you. "
30 " When you lie a rush of adrenaline to the capillaries in the nose causes it to itch. So people who are lying tend to involuntarily scratch it. "
31 " He (John Puller) wanted to intimidate. Intimidated people with a guilty conscience often made mistakes. "
32 " Every time I think I've got you figured out you throw me a curve. - Veronica Knox "
33 " Barely.” “And "
34 " Computer security was only as good as the programmer. The one who had fire walled this database has been good ---but not great. - Robert Puller "
35 " People who lack confidence rarely win anything . - John Puller "
36 " Just because I work there doesn't mean I have to drink all the Kool-Aid. - Veronica Knox "
37 " Keeping out the mirror, water, and the towel, he put the other things away in the box and replaced it on the shelf. Another box held articles of a more technical nature. He pulled them all out and set them up neatly on the desk like a surgeon lining up his instruments before commencing an operation. He covered his shoulders and front with the towel and then sketched out what he wanted to do on a piece of paper. He applied spirit gum to his nose and tapped it with his finger to make it sticky. He then quickly added a bit of a cotton ball to the surface before the adhesive dried out. He used a Popsicle stick to remove from a jar a small quantity of nose putty mixed with Derma Wax. He rubbed the putty into a ball, warming it with his body heat, making it easier to manipulate. He "
38 " Something always leads to something else. - John Puller "
39 " When you lie a rush of adrenaline to the capillaries in the nose causes it to itch. So people who are lying tend to involuntarily scratch it. - John Puller "
40 " he would have been under the tutelage of a two-star. "