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They tried to be too clever---and that was their undoing.
Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: September 15
Died: 1976
Died: January 12
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Dramaturge
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
Mary Westmacott
Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan
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Poirot said placidly, “One does not, you know, employ merely the muscles. I do not need to bend and measure the footprints and pick up the cigarette ends and examine the bent blades of grass. It is enough for me to sit back in my chair and think. It is this – ” he tapped his egg-shaped head – “this, that functions!
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Men don't understand how their mannerisms can get on women's nerves so that you feel you just have to snap.
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lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better.
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Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -The Blood-Stained Pavement
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Nothing, I believe, is so full of life under the microscope as a drop of water from a stagnant pool.
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the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them!
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Oh, no, I'm not brave. When a thing is certain, there's nothing to be brave about. All you can do is to find your consolation.
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