We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness-either enforced or voluntary.
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I have always admired the Esquimaux (Eskimos). One fine day a delicious meal is cooked for dear old mother, and then she goes walking away over the ice, and doesn't come back.
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It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.
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I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
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