Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
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This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.
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If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.
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Happy to see that the Automobile Club of Monaco, opened its doors to the public to attend a considerable event. The promotion of this event will be made by the image and by the text, but still by word of mouth.
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If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.
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I had to make squirrel noises as Bubbles and without realizing it, I was making the face and putting my fingers up to my face to look like a squirrel and everyone made fun of me for the rest of the day.
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As an actor, you arrive most of the time at the last minute. You arrive at the end of the process, but you don't realize it.
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As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.
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When I was fifteen, I dreamed of living in the big city, as many a young person does if he is artistic and sensitive. By 'artistic and sensitive' I mean short, skinny, unkissed, bad at sports, and carrying a C average in high school.
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As an actress, I'm constantly watching different shows and films and am always gathering information and inspiration for characters and techniques to make my performances the best they can be.
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I know some children's writers write for specific children, or for the children they once were, but I never have. I just thought children might like my sort of visual humour.
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With President Obama, we will move America forward.
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I'm happy when I have, like, one fan, but the fact that I'm getting fans from different places and different communities, it's really amazing.
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When your child comes to you at a young age and declares he or she is passionate about this or that, the natural tendency for many parents, out of love, is to simply support that decision. That's the path of least resistance, but it's not necessarily the best path, in my opinion.
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I went to see 'Shine a Light,' and it was the most perfect thing I could have done to watch that man do what he does in front of an audience. It's primarily Mick Jagger, but they're all so confident and relaxed and in love with what they do, and aware of the power of what they do. It's just deeply, deeply attractive.
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My father was the youngest of six brothers, and he was the brains. I never thought he was making what he should have. He had to split it with five brothers. So I made up my mind: I was going to go on my own and make my own money.
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Perhaps civilization will never be safe until we care for something else more than we care for it. The hypothesis has certain facts to support it. As far as peace (which is one ingredient in our idea of civilization)is concerned, I think many would now agree that a foreign policy dominated by desire for peace is one of the many roads that lead to war.
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Damn right I like the life I live, 'cause I went from negative to positive.
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If there is a doctrine, a message behind Live, it's just that wordless intensity that doesn't necessarily have to mean anything.
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I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for...
