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1->''"Snipin's a good job, mate. It's challenging work. Out of doors. I guarantee you'll not go hungry. 'Cause at the end of the day, long as there's two people left on the planet, '''someone''' is gonna want '''someone''' dead."''
2-->--'''The Sniper''', ''Videogame/TeamFortress2''
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4->''"Dad! Dad, I'm... I'm not a 'crazed gunman', Dad, I'm an '''assassin'''! ...Well, the difference bein' one is a job and the other's mental '''sickness'''!"''
5-->--'''The Sniper''', ''Videogame/TeamFortress2''
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7->''"Wait, so most of these guards are just [[EvilInc FutureTech]]'s hired guns? [[TheFederation The Allies]] are just buying their military muscle now?"''
8-->-- '''[[PersonOfMassDestruction Yuriko Omega]]''', ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising]]''
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10->'''Tyrion''': If I told you to kill a babe... an infant girl, say, still at her mother's breast... would you do it? Without question?
11->'''Bronn''': Without question? No. I'd ask, "how much."
12-->--''Series/GameOfThrones''
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14->''"...[the mercenary life] is about more than just 'killing people'; it has many complicated facets. I once helped topple a fascist South African government in a week! [[FullCircleRevolution I mean, it was replaced by another in two]], [[NotInThisForYourRevolution but I still got paid.]]"''
15-->-- '''Pip's Grand-Père''', ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''
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17->'''Tyrion:''' [[EtTuBrute I thought we were friends.]]
18->'''Bronn:''' We are. But I'm a sellsword. I ''sell'' my sword, I don't loan it out as a favor to a friend.
19-->--''Series/GameOfThrones''
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21->''Yeah, thing about mercenaries, [[TheDragon Nadine]]... [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Their loyalty, it's]]'' '''''[[OnlyInItForTheMoney bought.]]''''' ''[[NoHonorAmongThieves It's]]'' '''''[[NoHonorAmongThieves not]]''''' ''[[NoHonorAmongThieves earned.]]''
22-->--'''Rafe Adler''', ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd''
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24->''"The king of this land has offered me gold to dispose of you. So leave, or die. I get paid either way."''
25-->--'''Hercules''', ''Film/Hercules2014''
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27->''"Being a mercenary, though... Hey, we just go wherever there's a mixture of money and trouble."''
28-->--'''Captain Kevyn Andreyasn''', ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary'', also quoted in ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} VI''.
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30->''"Yeah, I was a vet, and yeah, I used my training for cash... funny thing about the army, they always promise to teach you "marketable skills," but they never mention that, by far, there’s nothing more marketable than knowing how to kill some people while keeping others from being killed."''
31-->--'''T. Sean Collins''', ''Literature/WorldWarZ''
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33->'''Doctor Fate:''' Mercenaries are the hounds of duty.\
34'''Deadshot:''' English, please?\
35'''Doctor Fate:''' [[ImpliedDeathThreat You are disposable.]]
36-->--''VideoGame/Injustice2''

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