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Agatha Christie
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Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright.
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“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.”
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“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood.”
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“I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.”
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“I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.”
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“But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.”
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“But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.”
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“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
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“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
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“The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.”
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“The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.”
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“There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.”
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“There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.”
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“I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.”
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“I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.”
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“Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.”
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“Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.”
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“Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.”
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“Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.”
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“The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.”
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“The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.”
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“Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.”
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“Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.”
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“Very few of us are what we seem.”
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“Very few of us are what we seem.”
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“There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.”
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“There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.”
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“Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.”
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“Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.”
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“The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.”
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“The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.”
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“Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.”
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“Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.”
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“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.”
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“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.”
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“Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.”
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“Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.”
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“I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
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“I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
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“If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.”
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“If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.”
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“I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.”
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“I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.”
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“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.”
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“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.”
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“It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.”
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“It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.”
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“Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.”
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“Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.”
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“Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her.”
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“Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her.”
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“I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.”
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“I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.”
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“Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.”
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“Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.”
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“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.”
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“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.”
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“One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.”
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“One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.”
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“Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.”
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“Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it.”
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“Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.”
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“Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.”
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“These little grey cells. It is up to them.”
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“These little grey cells. It is up to them.”
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“I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.”
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“I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.”
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“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
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“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
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