Tom Stoppard Quotes
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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During my adolescence, our family dwelt in rural Alaska. We were dirt poor, Depression-era poor. Tarpaper shack and kerosene lamps. In those days I read because that's all I had. I wrote because that's all I had.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.
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A lot of our fiscal deficit went to fund consumption and really did not get used to build investment and infrastructure. The trouble is, you can get a spurt in GDP growth, which may not be sustainable. I would much rather build the gradient of a long-term marathon.
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I'm a good dad. I'm an evolved dad. You know, you see a lot of guys when they're in training camp, they go off, do their own thing. But I'm in the midst of it. Swim lessons? I'm there. Changing diapers, teething, doctor's appointments, I'm there 24/7.
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Everything turns on pain; the rest is accessory, even nonexistent, for we remember only what hurts. Painful sensations being the only real ones, it is virtually useless to experience others.
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You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.
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The fact is that people are attracted to new work and by new work.
