Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
Quotes to Explore
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.
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Raining on parades requires no skill or effort on the part of a politician.
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Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
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A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
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More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.
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I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.
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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
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Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
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Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every color of the rainbow in every take and it's wonderful just to play off of him and opposite him.
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Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
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My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives.
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Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.
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A people so individual in its genius, so tenacious in love or hate, so captivating in its nobler moods.
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Of all the projects I've worked on, I've never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he's a genius.
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You are a potential genius; there is no problem you cannot solve, and no answer you cannot find somewhere.
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I'm no advertising genius. I found that if you deliver news and information to the consumer, or the reader, then the advertisers will follow to reach those readers.
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Life's fulfillment finds constant obstacles in its path; but those are necessary for the sake of its advance. The stream is saved from the sluggishness of its current by the perpetual opposition of the soil through which it must cut its way. The spirit of fight belongs to the genius of life.
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Humble birth did not retard his genius, nor high place corrupt his soul.
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I'm constantly working on something new, whether it's a Garbage song, or for someone I'm producing or a song for film or TV whatever it is. I guess I'm sort of living in the moment and moving towards what I'm doing next. I think most artists are like that.
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.
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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
