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date: 14 December 2024

Ian Fleming 1908–64
English thriller writer 

  1. Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.
    Diamonds are Forever (1956)
  2. A medium Vodka dry Martini—with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred.
    Dr No (1958) ch. 14
  3. The licence to kill for the Secret Service, the double-0 prefix, was a great honour.
    Dr No (1958); see Maibaum, Harwood, and Mather
  4. Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: ‘Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action.’
    Goldfinger (1959)