Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities. It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt.
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I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.
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I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.
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I guess I can be surprised I'm alive. I'm taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies.
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The criminal-justice system is, obviously, the sole source of racial tension in this country [USA] or the key institution to resolving the opportunity gap. It is a part of the broader set of challenges that we face in creating a more perfect union.
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What you're thinking is what you're becoming.
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Music and art are the guiding lights of the world.
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Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today. But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're giving none away.
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I used to worry, 'I've lost my family.' They hated me for a while, but they're very resilient.
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If the game is designed for you to lose, don't play that game. Play a different one.
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I toured Ontario in the winter of '48, in a touring company of The Drunkard, in which I played the bartender.
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If we always take the path of least resistance, if we embrace inertia, if we never leap, if we never accept accountability for our choices, how can we find any triumph in our victories or any remorse in our losses?
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America should find its interests in ways which are more consistent with the interests of other countries, which are things that are good for us but also good for others. That will make Americans exporters of hope again, not exporters of fear.
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I guess I did miss Dante-even though I tried hard to not think about him. The problem with trying hard not to think about something was that you thought about it even more.
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I really work for racial reconciliation in many ways. And you can judge me by my writings.
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Don't throw a baby at anything - even a burglar.
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The reasons you have for doing a movie will vary with the way your life is going. There was a time when a made a some movies because I felt I needed to work. And I didn't think about the material as much. But sometimes I've thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn't work out.
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There's something luxurious about having a girl light your cigarette. In fact, I got married once on account of that.
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If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them.
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Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities. It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt.
