Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
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The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world falls away after us. And it's just nonsense.
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Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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I'm very open-minded.
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The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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Women are sacred.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I'm a big believer in exercise. I'm a bigger believer in eating right, which is simply with plenty of fruits and vegetables. I'm not a gym girl, though. I've never had a gym membership.
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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.
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Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.
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Look, the justice system is made up of people. People have faults. It's not perfect.
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I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.
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The number one cause of unfulfilled potential is never deciding that NOW matters more than any other time in your life.
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I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.
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The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
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The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. I'm caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points.
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I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.
