Tom Stoppard Quotes
The causes we know everything about depend on causes we know very little about, which depend on causes we know absolutely nothing about.
Quotes to Explore
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I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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More than anything, falling in love causes a certain female thing in a man to manifest, oddly enough.
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No one knows what women want!
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The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
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I don't know many people who don't have somebody in their family who's a part of the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender community. It's not like they're aliens or outsiders. This is family.
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Even if a relationship doesn't work out, you can always take something positive from something negative. You never know what's around the corner.
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What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.
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Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.
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You never know what life has in store for you, but I believe there are certain things one is meant to go through
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To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.
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The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen.
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I dont play villainy. I wouldnt even know how to play it.
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As I said before, stones to me is meant things that hurt people, things that cause pain and thats what this song is about.
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As every real estate agent knows, a poor house in good surroundings will sell for a higher price than a better house in poor surroundings, and in a town they confidently ask 25 percent more rent for a flat with a view of a park that for an identical flat with no view.
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After man knows the truth, he cannot be too careful of his words.
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You may think that all your happiness depends upon obtaining one particular thing in life; later on, you praise the Lord that you didn't get it.
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Cause I am not a word, I am not a line. I am not a girl that can ever be defined
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It quickly became apparent that the Germans were interested in using our strength but not in preserving it. We received a ration of “flower coffee”—made not from coffee beans but from flowers, or maybe acorns. We each had half a loaf of bread, which had to last us from Sunday to Wednesday. At midday, we had a cold soup made from broken asparagus that couldn’t be sold, or a mustard soup with potatoes, and maybe a hard-boiled egg. At night, we had a milk soup; on lucky days, it contained some oatmeal.
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I got too far forward with my skates. I lost a lot of speed and almost went down.
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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
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Too many judges are fooled into thinking a smile equals style.
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The causes we know everything about depend on causes we know very little about, which depend on causes we know absolutely nothing about.
