Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
Well, well, my dear fellow, be it so. We have shared this same room for some years, and it would be amusing if we ended by sharing the same cell.
Quotes to Explore
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There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
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Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.
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I have fans, and I have family that love me, and I have my music, and I have my breath going in and out.
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I wish I were kind of normal. It would be so much more simple.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective.
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Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.
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No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.
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When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films.
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For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.
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I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.
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You cannot underestimate the impact the Internet has had on British fashion.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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Well, well, my dear fellow, be it so. We have shared this same room for some years, and it would be amusing if we ended by sharing the same cell.
