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A sandwich and a cup of coffee...

A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.

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Depend upon it, there is nothi...

Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.

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This looks like one of those u...

This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.

Arthur Conan Doyle 469 quotes

There is nothing in which dedu...

There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,' said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. 'It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives e

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I never can resist a touch of ...

I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.

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It is only goodness which give...

It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.

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I felt Holmes's hand steal int...

I felt Holmes's hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake. - Watson

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So it was, my dear Watson, tha...

So it was, my dear Watson, that at two o'clock today I found myself in my old armchair in my own old room, and only wishing that I could have seen my old friend Watson in the other chair which he has so often adorned. - Sherlock Holmes.

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As I turned away, I saw Holmes...

As I turned away, I saw Holmes, with his back against a rock and his arms folded, gazing down at the rush of the waters. It was the last that I was ever destined to see of him in this world. - Watson.

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I do hate the City of London! ...

I do hate the City of London! It is the only thing which ever comes between us.

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On general principles, it is b...

On general principles, it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes.

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I have wrought my simple plan ...

I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man, Or the man who's half a boy.

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I think that I had better go, ...

I think that I had better go, Holmes.' 'Not a bit, doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell.

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Art in the blood is liable to ...

Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.

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It's every man's business to s...

It's every man's business to see justice done.

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Violence is sometimes a duty....

Violence is sometimes a duty.

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The world is big enough for us...

The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.

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'Men die of the diseases which...

'Men die of the diseases which they have studied most,' remarked the surgeon, snipping off the end of a cigar with all his professional neatness and finish. 'It's as if the morbid condition was an evil creature which, when it found itself closely hunted, flew at the throat of its pursuer. If you worry the microbes too much they may worry you. I've seen cases of it, and not necessarily in microbic diseases either. There was, of course, the well-known instance of Liston and the aneurism; and a dozen others that I could m

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Just see how it glints and spa...

Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil

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Philosophy, astronomy, and pol...

Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....