Tom Stoppard Quotes

He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps.

Tom Stoppard

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• Doe
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• Pistols

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• He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps.

  

  Tom Stoppard
  • Poetry
  • Poet
  • Doe