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"You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination."A proposition which I took the liberty of doubting."You did, Doctor, but none the less you must come round to my view, for otherwise I shall keep on piling fact upon fact on you until your reason breaks down under them and acknowledges me to be right."
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"I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner."
Impression
"From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other."
Possibility
"We can't command our love, but we can our actions."
Love
"His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge."
Knowledge
"Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren."
Life
"Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting."
Woman
"Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."
Truth
"To a great mind, nothing is little."
Philosophy
"It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal."
Justice
"It was amusing to me to see how the detective's overbearing manner had changed suddenly to that of a child asking questions of its teacher."
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"Rationality and common sense never goes out of fashion."
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"Apriority creates ambiguities among ideas."
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"If-Then" is a structured logic of humans' thought,who have memories and imagination in their mind. If both don't exist, Then this quote has never even been written."
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"If thou really believe in one God,irrationality is subset of thou logic."
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"Very clever but dumb at shoothing... dumb as a person but clever at shooting. That's LOGIC!"
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"And here is the point, about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, openmindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake."
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"It is never too late to give up your prejudices."
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"A narrow hallway is all that separates rational from irrational, creativity from insanity, and intelligence from stupidity."
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"But twice-two-makes-four is for all that a most insupportable thing. Twice-two-makes-four is, in my humble opinion, nothing but a piece of impudence. Twice-two-makes-four is a farcical, dressed-up fellow who stands across your path with arms akimbo and spits at you."
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"Pattern Thinking is a type of problem-solving thinking."
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