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The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself - and such thinking, remember, is original thinking and may have valuable results.
Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: September 15
Died: 1976
Died: January 12
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There is no question of defence. I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience. I have nothing with which to reproach myself.
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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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Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -The Blood-Stained Pavement
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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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Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living.
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A woman who doesn't lie is a woman without imagination and without sympathy.
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