Tom Stoppard Quotes
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You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.
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Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but also holds onto that old sound.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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There will always be a slight difference between the reel and the real. Even my family might know 99 per cent about me, but there will be this one per cent about me that nobody will ever know. Being in this profession, I am fine with biopics or movies inspired by real-life-characters.
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In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
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I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.
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We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
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But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the enjoyment.
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Golf was big in my family.
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Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.
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Crackpot is an excellent job because the expectations are so low. No one ever tells crackpots that they should be doing more.
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I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.
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Since we cannot hope for order, let us withdraw with style from the chaos.
