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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.
Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: September 15
Died: 1976
Died: January 12
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
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I'm sorry, but I do hate this differentiation between the sexes. The modern girl has a thoroughly businesslike attitude to life! That sort of thing. It's not a bit true! Some girls are businesslike and some aren't. Some men are sentimental and muddle-headed, others are clear-headed and logical. There are just different types of brains.
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The whole thing was like a nine-month ocean voyage to which you never got acclimatized.
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There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.
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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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I think, myself, that one's memories represent those moments which, insignificant as they may seem, nevertheless represent the inner self and oneself as most really oneself.
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You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham. She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?' You are a philosopher, Mademoiselle.' That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion.
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Of course I despise money when I haven't got any. It's the only dignified thing to do.
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A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man.
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You've a pretty good nerve, said Ratchett. Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you? It will not. If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me. I, also M. Ratchett. What's wrong with my proposition? Poirot rose. If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett,
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Exactly! It is absurd - improbable - it cannot be. So I myself have said. And yet, my friend, there it is! One cannot escape from the facts.
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It's like all those quiet people, when they do lose their tempers they lose them with a vengeance.
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Assumptions are dangerous things.
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With method and logic one can accomplish anything.
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I suppose without curiosity a man would be a tortoise. Very comfortable life, a tortoise has.
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Everybody is very much alike, really. But fortunately, perhaps, they don't realise it. - Miss Marple
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a lot of trouble has been caused by memoirs. Indiscreet revelations, that sort of thing. People who have been close as an oyster all their lives seem positively to relish causing trouble when they themselves shall be comfortably dead.
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Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.
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God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings - not dummies! Be personal - be prejudiced - be catty - be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards!
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Things never come when they are expected.
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Evil is not any superhuman, but it is HUMAN.
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