Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?
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I don't like controversy.
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To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
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Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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Many of my constituents are in their 80s, 90s, even 100, and our focus is ensuring that their needs can be provided for.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.
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I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.
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The vast Pacific Ocean has ample space for China and the United States. We welcome a constructive role by the United States in promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the region. We also hope that the United States will fully respect and accommodate the major interests and legitimate concerns of Asia-Pacific countries.
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The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.
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I hyper-analyze everything; I'm always in my head. Those moments where you don't think and you're just part of the environment did not come easily to me, but it was those moments and highs that I chased.
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There is a figure that is adored, but I'd question very strongly that it's me.
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The actresses I most admire are Cameron Diaz and Sofia Vergara. They're amazing comedic actresses and also gorgeous. That's the direction I'd like my career to go in.
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Music was my one way to vent.
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An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.
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Love yourself and learn to love this thing called life.
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I never think of the word legacy. It doesn't mean anything. You do the right thing, in my judgment, and things will work out. That's what drives me. I'm not looking for legacy or history books or whatever. I know what we've done here has saved a significant number of lives. The burden is not on me. It's on the politicians who made the decisions to limit what we're doing. They're the ones who are going to pay a price, in my judgment, if crime significantly increases.
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Animistic savages prostrating themselves before a painted stone have always seemed to me to be nearer the truth than any Einstein or Bertrand Russell.
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One time, when I was really little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples.
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It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?
