Three Days of the Condor Quotes

Higgins: It didn't have to end this way.
Joe Turner: Of course it did.

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Joe Turner: Boy, what is it with you people? You think not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth?

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Joubert: Condor is an amateur. He's lost, unpredictable, perhaps even sentimental. He could fool a professional. Not deliberately, but precisely because he is lost, doesn't know what to do. Unlike Wicks, who has always been entirely predictable.

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Joubert: Well, the fact is, what I do is not a bad occupation. Someone is always willing to pay.
Joe Turner: I would find it... tiring.
Joubert: Oh, no - it's quite restful. It's almost peaceful. No need to believe in either side, or any side. There is no cause. There's only yourself. The belief is in your own precision.

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[after Joubert unexpectedly kills someone]
Joe Turner: Why?
Joubert: I don't interest myself in why. I think more often in terms of when, sometimes where; always how much.

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[last lines]
Higgins: Hey, Turner! How do you know they'll print it? You can take a walk. But how far if they don't print it?
Joe Turner: They'll print it.
Higgins: How do you know?

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