Tom Stoppard Quotes
The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.
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Once we can do Pixar-quality graphics rendered in real time with interactivity, I could see games costing $200 million to make, and all of a sudden you have to sell a lot of games just to break even, so I'm a little worried someone's going to do that.
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Music has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.
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I liked to play dress-up.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
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I think any time you bring those guys in, one with a lot of playoff experience, with rings - those guys won - guys in the locker room gravitate towards those guys. Those guys have been there, so there's a lot that they can teach the guys.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.
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When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?
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You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a monetary base.
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A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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Reality is never more than a first step towards an unknown on the road to which one can never progress very far.
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To understand the economy then is to comprehend how it is driven by the animal spirits. Just as Adam Smith’s invisible hand is the keynote of classical economics, Keynes’ animal spirits are the keynote to a different view of the economy - a view that explains the underlying instabilities of capitalism.
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I love picture books. I think some of the best people in children's books are the ones who create their own picture books. I wish I could say I'm one of them, but I'm not.
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Hawaii is so complex; there are so many points of view, and there are so many experiences to see and to find.
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Stopping crime before it occurs is the most effective crime fighting tool of all.
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The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain.
