Tom Stoppard Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.
Saint Ignatius
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We are hopeful that President Obama, in his State of the Union Address, will express a willingness to work with Republicans to enact all of these jobs bills.
Nan Hayworth
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
Patricia Clarkson
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I've always loved film more than theater.
Laura Dern
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Beauty is an asset, just like physical prowess, charisma, brains or emotional intelligence. The key with any gift is in the way that you use it. It doesn't define you as a person. Rather, it's an asset to be used judiciously and with an understanding of how it is just a small part of who you are.
Dale Archer
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They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them.
Ed Asner
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All you have is yourself and what you have to present, and just focus on that. And if you can walk out of the audition and say to yourself, 'I hit all my beats,' 'I accomplished my emotional honesty,' or 'I remembered my words,' then that's winning.
Tamara Tunie
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The world is a great poem, and the world's
The words it is writ in, and we souls the thoughts.
Philip James Bailey
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The way that words mutate reminds me of fashions in music. The word - the note - is a constant. But the setting and chord in which it occurs alters with the mood of a nation from major to minor, from the assertive to the mournful and foreboding.
Neal Ascherson
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I have three dads: my biological father, God and Bob Dylan.
Jack White
The White Stripes
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War settles nothing.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Words, words. They're all we have to go on.
Tom Stoppard
