Tom Stoppard Quotes
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Sometimes you just stumble into something that works, and here I am a quarter of a century later.
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I can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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The movies are not my first priority - the theater is.
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I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home. At a really young age, I decided I was never going to feel helpless, I was never going to feel weak around a man, and I was never going to rely on anyone. Independence was a big, big thing for me.
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Most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.
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As a viewer, I love watching movies. There has to be an emotional connection.
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Encourage and listen well to the words of your subordinates. It is well known that gold lies hidden underground.
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You're gonna be your best salesman. If you don't sell yourself, nobody else is gonna have a better time with it than you. You've gotta get up for it, every day.
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Think neither fear nor courage saves us. Unnatural vices are fathered by our heroism. Virtues are forced upon us by our impudent crimes. These tears are shaken from the wrath-bearing tree.
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Perhaps a great love is never returned. Had it been given warmth and shelter by its counterpart in the Other, perhaps it would have been hindered from ever growing to maturity. It "gives" us nothing. But in its world of loneliness it leads us up to the summits with wide vistas - of great insights.
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Meanwhile music pounded / across hearts opening every valve to the desperate drama of being / a self in a song.
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Well, I called him and I said, Mr. Wright, what can I do? Universal offered me a contract $300 a week. He says take it. You'll never get that money from me.
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I see a lot of nice hotels, but I never really get to enjoy the cities, because I have to be on a plane the next day.
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Like so much of President Obama's decisions over the past six years, this is another photo-op with a compliant press that does not matter and will do little.
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God is all over the place. And even if He isn't, if it makes me feel good, why not?
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You don't characterize CEOs as dealmakers or in any one particular area. An important characteristic of a CEO is leader. That's probably the most important characteristic.
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That (home run) was a backbreaker. It just deflated us.
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I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.
