Tom Stoppard Quotes
I'm the kind of person who embarks on an endless leapfrog down the great moral issues. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal and rebut the refutation. Endlessly.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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'Free State of Jones' went beyond that. It got into how the South wasn't as homogenous as we thought it was - or even the North for that matter, where we like to assume everyone wanted to free the slaves and they were all abolitionists. It actually shows how complex these ideologies were on both sides.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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The first time I worked with colors was by making these mosaics of Pantone swatches. They end up being very large pictures, and I photographed with a very large camera - an 8x10 camera. So you can see the surface of every single swatch - like in this picture of Chuck Close. And you have to walk very far to be able to see it.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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If I get too type-cast, that's the worst possible scenario.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.
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I already am a product.
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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.
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I would put myself towards left of center.
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
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What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike!
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I think women can tell the most profound and interesting and fascinating stories.
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I think that when you write for stars, I think that you have to be very specific about what they do beautifully and let them bring it to life.
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I was looking for something to love, for I was in love with loving, and I hated security and a smooth way, free from snares.
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The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in this mystery of creation. Human creativity reaffirms and mystifies the power of 'life.
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If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.
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I'm the kind of person who embarks on an endless leapfrog down the great moral issues. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal and rebut the refutation. Endlessly.
