Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.
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All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.
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What I remember most about high school are the memories I created with my friends.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.
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It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.
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Apple very deliberately - and this was very much Steve Jobs' point of view - Apple has concentrated its cloud efforts on being invisible. So in other words, stuff just would sync and appear. You change your contacts on one of your devices, and it would appear on all your devices changed.
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We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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I love the exploration of someone who has such a different background from you. That exploration runs to compassion and to cracking yourself open and creating more understanding of how weird and amazing life is.
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I was 13 and at summer camp when I had my first kiss.
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In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food.
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Horror serves a cathartic role in human society, all throughout the world. It is a way of confronting the darkness, both within and without.
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The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
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Llevo mis manos vacía, por lo que hubo en mis manos.
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I wanted to be a New York City firefighter. I didn't make it in, though.
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Mediocrity is the elephant in the room.
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It's very important that Syria accepts the new reality and operates in a constructive, cooperative way with us and the United States.
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The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.
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Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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That computer was made in Alabama.
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They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.
