Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
Quotes to Explore
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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Like the average American that I hang out with, and like my father before me, I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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I picked up my college copy of 'The Great Gatsby' in an attempt to recover from the movie and was interested to find out what I'd underlined. The answer was basically: everything.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
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One of the things I would love for people to think about is social responsibility. If you are fortunate enough to be someone who owns land, I think you ought to be making the most efficient use of that land possible.
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For the first time, open source, peer-to-peer protocol developers can monetize their project on a protocol level.
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We were ordered out to quell an uprising of the Indians, and were out for several days, had numerous skirmishes during which six of the soldiers were killed and several severely wounded.
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I think increasingly we want to read the history that wasn't written by the victors.
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What happens when you take a lion out of the safari and try to take him to your place of residence and make him a house pet? It ain't going to happen. That's the type of person that I am. I'm that lion.
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Introductions are always weird for me because my name is Hari and it's constantly mispronounced . 'Hurry', 'Hairy' – there are different ways to screw it up, and it leads to these awkward conversations.
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I just worked my own personal thoughts into my music, and just kept at it until I found a way in.
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I don't actually watch many shows. I will either watch movies or football. I enjoy to watch games in the Premier League and will also watch movies a lot as well. That is how I relax.
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I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.
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Americans must outgrow the unbecoming arrogance that leads us to assert that America somehow owns a monopoly on goodness and truth - a belief that leads some to view the world as but a stage on which to play out the great historical drama: the United States of America versus the Powers of Evil.
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To be understood is to prostitute yourself.
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It is not the intelligence community's place to set and implement policy.
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I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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I respect very much my public and also the music I perform.
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I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
