Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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And we reduce almost all male-female problems by working on both the female and the male. And that usually means having both sexes take responsibility.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood.
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Picking and choosing what kind of love is worth recognizing is an expensive choice. Is discrimination worth that price?
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There's no question that photographs communicate more instantly and powerfully than words do, but if you want to communicate a complex concept clearly, you need words, too.
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Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
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I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief, and they should behave; know how to behave to the Commander in Chief.
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I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. I think I want everyone to feel more free, and so I feel really claustrophobic on behalf of lots of people.
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These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead.
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China's movie industry is growing a lot faster than that of the U.S.
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I would love to do more work in the States, but I like working at home in the U.K., so to work here and there would be the plan.
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I don't know anything about propaganda for Chinese reunification. I only know about charity and environmental work. I just want to do good.
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All the businesses from the beginning of history have struggled with product development (assuming there is a market, doing the market testing and so on). But now they start with customer development. Get the customer who says, "Yes. I want that. I need it. I wanna use it. I'll pay for it." And then you go back and work with your engineers. It is changing the world!
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One hates to be absolute, but in my view, there is no such thing as humane meat.
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I think everybody has a bent, and the key is to follow that bent. So much human wastage comes from people who are doing things with their lives that they really aren't happy with.
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My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!