Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
We had got as far as this, when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who had been drinking his beer in the taproom and had heard the whole conversation. Who was I? What did I want? What did I mean by asking questions? He had a fine flow of language, and his adjectives were very vigorous.
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Silence is also conversation.
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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.
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Whenever I go to L.A., the make-up artist or hairdresser will end up having a conversation about how fat they think they are, and I really just can't take it seriously at all.
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I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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A girl who is interesting and educated and can spark conversation - I find that extremely sexy.
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Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.
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They who drink beer will think beer.
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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.
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I was always the Southern gentleman.
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For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.
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An interesting insight into the ruthlessness of studio executives: I was having a conversation with Alex Gansa, a creator of 'Homeland,' and I said, 'So you guys must have seen 'Life' and liked me in it, right? That's the most recent thing I've done over here.' And he went, 'No, Damian. You actually nearly didn't get the job because of 'Life.'
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I've spent so much time with iambic pentameter that I can now recognize it when I hear it in conversation or a movie - it's like a weird, useless superpower.
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When you have these surprise breakout films that do well, that have good performances in them, it puts a lot of pressure on the Academy to recognize those projects, so it's more of a conversation about what is greenlit.
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The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.
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In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
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Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.
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In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want.
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For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.
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Get on up, stay on the scene, get on up, like a sex machine.
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We had got as far as this, when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who had been drinking his beer in the taproom and had heard the whole conversation. Who was I? What did I want? What did I mean by asking questions? He had a fine flow of language, and his adjectives were very vigorous.
