"Real evidence is usually vague and unsatisfactory. It has to be examined---sifted. But here the whole thing is cut and dried. No, my friend, this evidence has been very cleverly manufactured---so cleverly that it has defeated its own ends."

-- Agatha Christie

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“Let your opponent show you how to defeat him”
“Footballers are no different from human beings.”
“Some of my best men are women!”
“As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me.”
“The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ, None of us has? The Christian is one who has found the right road.”
“For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.”

Source : Essays in Criticism First Series, "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time" (1865)
“For a man who is lost, the three greatest dangers in order of importance, are Fear, Cold, and Hunger. He may endure extreme hunger for a week, and extreme cold for a day, but extreme fear may undo him an hour. There is no way of guarding against this greatest danger except by assuring him that he is fortified against the other two.”

Source : Ernest Thompson Seton (2016). “Woodcraft and Indian Lore: A Classic Guide from a Founding Father of the Boy Scouts of America”, p.278, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“What people are perceiving will dictate what their life and ultimately what your interaction is.”

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