Tom Stoppard Quotes
There must have been a moment, at the beginning, were we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.
Quotes to Explore
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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Children have a great urge to learn about dinosaurs.
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Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual', but bi-curious? Yea.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.
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I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
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I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.
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Shame is something you'll find a lot of - particularly Catholic - girls feel about their bodies, about their sexuality, about their diet, about anything you like. Shame is the way you keep them down. That's the way to crush a girl.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else – when you want to be another person.
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People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.
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Public interest criteria does not mean criteria that the public decides are in its interest. It means that the elite - via various appointed bodies - decide what the public's interest is for them.
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Our focus was directed at developing the best possible and easiest to use product, and this is where we invested our time. Realize that you won't be able to bring the same focus to everything in the beginning. There won't be enough people or enough hours in the day. So, focus on the 20 percent that makes 80 percent of the difference.
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I like wet hair and sweatpants. I like sneakers and ponytails.
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Life is too short for any man to hold bitterness in his heart.
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Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America.
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There must have been a moment, at the beginning, were we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.
