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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The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of the similarity of the dissimilar.
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Some very dull and sad people have genius though the world may not count it as such; a genius for love, or for patience, or for prayer, maybe. We know the divine spark is here and there in the world: who shall say under what manifestations, or humble disguise!
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The power of collecting money from the people is not to be rejected because it has sometimes been oppressive. Public credit is as necessary for the prosperity of a nation as private credit is for the support and wealth of a family.
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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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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
