| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 11289 |
| QUOTATION: | However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Raymond Chandler (18881959), U.S. author. letter, Nov. 15, 1951, to his New York literary agent Carl Brandt. Raymond Chandler Speaking (1962). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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