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"The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime."
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"Any profession you engage in, no matter how profitable, unless it is truly helpful and good for others, is a crime against your soul, and the world."

"You " help - people. You are an expert in your field, who genuinely helps other human beings. Take pride in that, stop hawking your wares, and get a bit of respect for your profession, and earn some from your prospects."

"The trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades."

"Authorpreneurship is the businesses side of writing."

"Actresses are nightmares. I don't hang out with any of them. That's a problem with my profession. I try not to be like an actress."

"I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better."

"Challenges Ahead? Huh! Who cares! I am a CA, Chartered Accountant."

"High-quality professions look decently, think profoundly, and act thoughtfully."

"An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her."

"The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession."
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"I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose."

"You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable."

"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."

"In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself."

"I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be only associated with those crimes which present some difficulty in their solution."

"On general principles it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes."

"It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."
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