Tom Stoppard Quotes
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The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
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We believe in the vision of 'Make in India,' and our proposed joint venture with Rafael is a step in this direction.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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If we were poor, we didn't know it 'cause I guess you don't miss what you never had. So, you know, we made do with whatever. We used to make our own toys, and we used to play with spinning tops and marbles. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich - you didn't worry about no money.
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That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.
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I love India.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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Money scares me, and it always has done. I've got a childish concept of money, and I like to keep it that way in the sense that I don't like to think about it.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.
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I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there.
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I'd rather go to the playoffs than not go, even with a losing record. Because once you get there, you never know.
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I've never been one for late nights, which is why I have always preferred making films to theatre. A play takes over your life: you start to feel sick at lunchtime, and by mid-afternoon, you're wishing for a bomb scare so the whole thing will be called off. Of course, if the evening goes well and you get the applause, then it's wonderful.
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Television is very dangerous. Because it repeats and repeats and repeats our disasters, instead of our triumphs.
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I will forever be proud to call myself a Bruin and will never forget the memories that were made here.
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It seems to me that everyone on this planet whom I know or have worked with is suffering from self-hatred and guilt to one degree or another. The more self-hatred and guilt we have, the less our lives work. The less self-hatred and guilt we have, the better our lives work, on all levels.
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Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
