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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A people so individual in its genius, so tenacious in love or hate, so captivating in its nobler moods.
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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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This woman is a genius in the day time and a beauty at night.
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There is no balking genius. Only death can silence it or hinder.
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I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend the needy from the aggressively greedy. I've led a blessed life. What a kick for a kid from the projects.
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Salomon saith, There is no new thing upon the earth. So that as Plato had an imagination, that all knowledge was but remembrance; so Salomon giveth his sentence, that all novelty is but oblivion.
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Before finding a mentor, I feel it's essential to really find your own calling and passion. From my experience, this will become a guiding bond in this kind of relationship. Be curious and engaged - and push yourself actively. Be as good as you can at what you love to do, and you will certainly get a mentor's attention.
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What we call "willing" is often but an inflation of ourselves, attended by a hardening.
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On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues.
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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
