Tom Stoppard Quotes
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No one can complain about earning good money, but for me, it's being able to help my family out, put my brother and sister through school, take my family on holiday. That's where I get the biggest buzz, not buying a pair of £500 shoes.
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In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
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The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.
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We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.
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When I'm writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids haven't left me.
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I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.
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I knew it was time to get off of reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted.
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A film has its own life and takes its own time.
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When I look back, I can say that the summer when I was 19 was a formative time for me. But at the time I just thought I was making tofu every night for dinner and going to work.
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When you're dealing with machines or anything that you build, it either works or it doesn't, no matter how good of a salesman you are.
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You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get.
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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
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Everybody always talks about how they can't wait until they turn 18, so they can go out on their own and get their own apartment, and I'm like, 'I want to be with Mom!' I have it good.
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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.
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People like to be challenged. Most people that I know who are any good at life like to be challenged.
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I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers.
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God makes stars. I just produce them.
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With celebrity being our new religion, it's increasingly difficult to start up on your own. Talented young designers are more likely to either go and work for celebrity brands or huge fashion houses than ever before.
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We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man?
