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thinking mind littles
I tried to continue, but somehow my throat made up its mind to swallow – though I can’t think what I was swallowing, unless it was a little knot of emotion I pushed back down because there was no room in my face for any more. Arthur Golden
two facts week
Yet somehow the thing that startled me most, after a week or two had passed, was that I had in fact survived. Arthur Golden
thinking world geisha
If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was. Arthur Golden
thanking-him world found
I was thanking him for...well, for something I'm not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose. Arthur Golden
thinking world needs
I will think of you every time I need to be reminded that there is beauty and goodness in the world. Arthur Golden
tired feelings constitution
No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
taken humorous sarcasm
Love has been taken away from the poets, and has been brought within the domain of true science. It may prove to be one of the great cosmic elementary forces. When the atom of hydrogen draws the atom of chlorine towards it to form the perfected molecule of hydrochloric acid, the force which it exerts may be intrinsically similar to that which draws me to you. Attraction and repulsion appear to be the primary forces. This is attraction. Arthur Conan Doyle
thinking gentleman pockets
I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need. Arthur Conan Doyle
time knowledge useless
Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones. Arthur Conan Doyle
track literature crime
The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless. Arthur Conan Doyle
thinking two brain
It is decreed by a merciful Nature that the human brain cannot think of two things simultaneously . . . Arthur Conan Doyle
thinking law drs
So swift, silent and furtive were his movements like those of a trained bloodhound picking out a scent, that I could not but think what a terrible criminal he would have made had he turned his energy and sagacity against the law instead of exerting them in its defense. -Dr. Watson, The Sign of the Four Arthur Conan Doyle
time waiting ferguson
One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them. A bad habit, Mr. Ferguson, but human nature is weak. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson. Arthur Conan Doyle
thinking impatience should
I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. Arthur Conan Doyle
time sight alternatives
We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson. Arthur Conan Doyle
thinking secret mysterious
You never tire of the moor. You cannot think the wonderful secrets which it contains. It is so vast, and so barren, and so mysterious. Arthur Conan Doyle
teaching men snakes
[St. Patrick] was a terror to any snake that came in his path, whether it was the cold, slimy reptile sliding along the ground or the more dangerous snake that oppresses men through false teachings. And he drove the snakes out of the minds of men, snakes of superstition and brutality and cruelty. Arthur Brisbane
time men chance
Among the aimless, unsuccessful or worthless, you often hear talk about 'killing time.' The man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life. While the man who is destined to success is the man who makes time live by making it useful. Arthur Brisbane
thinking important looks
If your project doesn't work, look for the part that you didn't think was important. Arthur Bloch
truth telling-the-truth ifs
It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary. Arthur Balfour
talking years class
The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done. Arthur Balfour
truth moving world
It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. Arthur Balfour
taken firsts steps
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities. Arthur C. Clarke
thought-provoking youth wonderful
It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything. Arthur C. Clarke
taken moon ideas
. . . Moon-Watcher felt the first faint twinges of a new and potent emotion. It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy--of dissatisfaction with his life. He had no idea of its cause, still less of its cure; but discontent had come into his soul, and he had taken one small step toward humanity. Arthur C. Clarke
travel home men
If man can live in Manhattan, he can live anywhere. Arthur C. Clarke
technology listening doe
The fact that we have not yet found the slightest evidence for life - much less intelligence - beyond this Earth does not surprise or disappoint me in the least. Our technology must still be laughably primitive, we may be like jungle savages listening for the throbbing of tom-toms while the ether around them carries more words per second than they could utter in a lifetime Arthur C. Clarke
technology magic advanced-technology
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. Arthur C. Clarke
technology magic theatre
Any smoothly functioning technology will have the appearance of magic. Arthur C. Clarke
trying fiction science-fiction
Science fiction seldom attempts to predict the future. More often than not, it tries to prevent the future. Arthur C. Clarke
thinking play evil
I suspect that religion is a necessary evil in the childhood of our particular species. And that's one of the interesting things about contact with other intelligences: we could see what role, if any, religion plays in their development. I think that religion may be some random by-product of mammalian reproduction. If that's true, would non-mammalian aliens have a religion? Arthur C. Clarke
technology differences machines
The difference between machines and human beings is that human beings can be reproduced by unskilled labour. Arthur C. Clarke
taken theory spaceships
One theory which can no longer be taken very seriously is that UFOs are interstellar spaceships. Arthur C. Clarke