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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I'm shy. I am. I mean, if I get around, you know, in a room of a bunch of people especially I - you know, I don't know or - it takes me a while to warm up. I'm - and the real me, I'm not as witty as, you know, as the comic Wanda. The comic, she's had time to work on some things.
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Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
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The problem with representation in the media has very much to do with the conflicts between groups in the world. If you talk about Iraq, al Qaeda, Darfur, even Taiwan, representation is a part of that problem.
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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
