"You think, eventually, that nothing can disturb you and that your nerves are impregnable. Yet, looking down at that familiar face, I realized that death is something to which we never become calloused."

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Source: Fictional character: Eliot Ness. The Untouchables, 1987.

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Eliot Ness

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Eliot Ness was a U.S. federal agent known for his role in enforcing Prohibition and his integrity in the fight against organized crime.

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