Tom Stoppard Quotes
You're familiar with the tragedies of antiquity, are you? The great homicidal classics?
Quotes to Explore
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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We expect 'Narcos' will be an enormous success throughout everywhere in the world and maybe out-index in Latin America, given the Brazilian star and Brazilian director and heavy Latin American cast and that we shot the show entirely on location in Colombia.
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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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When I was in drama school, I really got into a dark place. I went to a therapist - it was really helpful to have that dialogue with someone. So I understand anxiety.
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The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
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Did I recognize that there was anger or frustration in the American population? Of course I did. First of all, we had to fight back from the worst recession since the Great Depression, and I can guarantee you if your housing values have crashed and you've lost most of your pension and you've lost your job, you're going to be pretty angry.
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I miss the days when girls would wear full long dresses and just stand onstage and sing. That's what I'm trying to bring back: that timeless element. I want to create music that people will be listening to in fifty years, you know?
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Every band I've come across has read more than I have.
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I am 100 per cent Virgo, stubborn, over-organised, slightly abstracted from the rest of the world.
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One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.
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You're familiar with the tragedies of antiquity, are you? The great homicidal classics?
