Tom Stoppard Quotes
If the audience is made to do not enough work, they resent it without knowing it. Too much and they get lost. There's a perfect pace to be found. And a perfect place that is different for every line of the play.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that.
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One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
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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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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.
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For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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I love what I do and I think it shows. As my kids get older, they can see me as a mom who loves working.
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We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation.
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I want to keep getting all-pros, keep stacking them.
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We have to address impediments that stall implementation of projects and streamline the process to ensure smooth execution going forward. We need to address the leverage levels among corporates to restart investment cycle.
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If the audience is made to do not enough work, they resent it without knowing it. Too much and they get lost. There's a perfect pace to be found. And a perfect place that is different for every line of the play.
