Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930

Topics

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My mother and dad loved music, were very much into music.

Jim Foglesong

MotherMusicLovedMuchVeryWere

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

John D. Rockefeller

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Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

John Henry Newman

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Did you happen to catch the film I did between 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Kong?' It was a nice little Jennifer Garner comedy, '13 Going on 30,' and I play her boss. In my big scene, I get to moonwalk - pretty well, I thought - to Michael Jackson.

Andy Serkis

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If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family.

Rocco Buttiglione

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I've had biker clubs reach out to me whenever they knew I was in their city.

Ron Perlman

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Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like we've both got red hair, we both like sweets, we've both got lots of brothers and sisters.

Rupert Grint

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I hope that people around the world will be as inspired as I am to step up and to speak out on behalf of girls around the world who struggle to go to school.

Michelle Obama

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I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me feel like we're about three per cent better than ants. Especially U.S. airports. They're zoos. All civility is gone.

Douglas Coupland

MeFlyingBetterFeelKnowThree

You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with.

Donald Evans

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We're a very success-driven culture, which is such a downer at times. Even if you don't think that way, you're forced to think that way. Everyone is trying to subconsciously out-do everyone else.

Courtney Barnett

CultureThinkTryingYouWayEven

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Confucius

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