"I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained."

-- Arthur Conan Doyle

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“The public is totally illiterate in America. It can't read at all. It's absolutely insensitive to words.”
“Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.”
“Sustainability has become an ornament.”
“I think the best way is to forget about racing people and just find territory that's fresh.”
“I have a lot of plants and fish and a pet lizard and Venus flytraps. I have a whole ecosystem in my room, like a running waterfall and different lights and sensors set on digital timers.”
“What we really yearn for as human beings is to be visible.”
“We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones.”

Source : 1956 House of Commons, 1 Nov.
“Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom To believe in the good in man.”

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