Tom Stoppard Quotes
Player: Relax. Respond. That's what people do. You can't go through life question your sitution at every turn.
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Every time - well, not every time, but in celebration of a great review or a great accolade, I take the team of Daniel to Katz's Deli for lunch. We take the trip on the subway, we were like 40 or 50 people, and we go in the back room and have a pastrami sandwich.
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Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!
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People are not wrong in observing Caste. In my view, what is wrong is their religion, which has inculcated this notion of Caste. If this is correct, then obviously the enemy, you must grapple with is not the people who observe Caste, but the Shastras which teach them this religion of Caste.
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I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores.
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Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.
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Unbeing dead isn't being alive.
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I'm 21 years old, and it's kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, but I'm in the 1 percent as far as my income and tax bracket. But now that I'm here, there's no amount of money you can wave in front of my face that will make me understand depriving people of human rights.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.
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When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
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I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
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Social struggles have been taking place throughout millennia, since human beings, by resorting to wars, were able to take hold of a surplus production to satisfy the essential needs of life.
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People hate searching.
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I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life. That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will know.
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To see me as a person on screen would be one of the dullest experiences you could ever wish to experience.
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History is information. Memory is part of your identity.
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I didn't say my invention is better, nor did I say other stuff does not work.
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Player: Relax. Respond. That's what people do. You can't go through life question your sitution at every turn.
