Jordan Sonnenblick
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"I dove on those papers like Sherlock Holmes on a cappuccino binge."
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Holmes
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer, Physician
"Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson."
Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer, Physician
"You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion."
Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer, Physician
"Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same."
Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer, Physician
"If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure."
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"There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you."
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"It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn."
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"What one man can invent, another can discover."
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"Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting."
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"The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become."
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"You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles."
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"Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth."
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"Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person."
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"I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently."
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"Oh how I've missed you, Holmes."
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"My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all."
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"…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all."
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"There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman."
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"Like all Holmes' reasoning, the thing seemed simplicity itself when it was once explained. Dr. Watson, speaking of Sherlock Holmes."
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"You know my methods. Apply them."
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"I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for"
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"I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart."
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"You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?" "No, indeed!" "You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged." "My dear fellow! I congrat-" "To Milverton's housemaid." "My dear Holmes!" "I wanted information, Watson."
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"It is all in the way of professional experience."
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"I suppose I shall have to compound a felony as usual."
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