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    Terry Pratchett
    “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers
    tags: humor, open-mind, thinking
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
    tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories
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    Terry Pratchett
    “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
    tags: humor, science
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    Terry Pratchett
    “I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
    Death thought about it.
    CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
    tags: cats, death, life
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    Terry Pratchett
    “She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
    tags: inspirational
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
    tags: deception, detection, evidence, facts, obviousness, sherlock-holmes
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
    ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”
    ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes
    tags: data, deduction, information, mistake, theories, theory
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle; Corrections And Editor Edgar W. Smith; Illustrators, The Hound of the Baskervilles
    tags: classic, crime, detective, mystery, novel
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence. If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the plannings, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chains of events, working through generations, and leading to the most outre results, it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and unprofitable.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    tags: baker-street, chains-of-events, commonplaces-of-existence, cross-purposes, fiction, on-fiction, outre-results, plannings, sherlock-holmes, stale, strange-coincidences, unprofitable
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
    tags: fiction, invention, life, reality, strangeness, truth
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  • #14
    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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    Steve Jobs
    “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
    ― Steve Jobs
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
    tags: character, dogs, families, family, family-life, pets
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four
    tags: mental, mind, mystery, rebellion, sherlock-holmes, stagnation
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
    tags: memory, reading, trivia
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?'

    'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.'

    'The dog did nothing in the night-time.'

    'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, Silver Blaze
    tags: blaze, curious, dog, humor, incident, mystery, sherlock-holmes, silver
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  • #23
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “What one man can invent, another can discover.”
    ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Sherlock Holmes] Doyle, The Adventure of the Dancing Men
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.”
    ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
    tags: sherlock-holmes
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four
    tags: impossible
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    tags: observation
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “As a rule, 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, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    tags: mystery
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “I followed you.'

    I saw no one.'

    That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.”
    ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Die Teufelskralle
    tags: holmes
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “presume nothing”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
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  • #30
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “By George!" cried the inspector. "How did you ever see that?"

    Because I looked for it.”
    ― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Dancing Men
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