Tom Stoppard Quotes
I began writing for theater, and maybe because of that I've always thought of myself as a theater writer who does work in film sometimes.
Quotes to Explore
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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I am a passionate civil libertarian.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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Golf is played with the arms.
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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I ran for Congress in 2012 because I had had enough. Enough of career politicians, enough of political gamesmanship, and enough of the lack of leadership in Washington.
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I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.
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The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
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No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
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Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.
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I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.
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My life experiences are different than the average person because I've spent the last 10 years living in Mexico. I generally don't know what's going on in America, and when I do visit for work, I'm often interrogated about my life choices by random strangers.
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When you look at Michael Jackson, there's nobody who loves him in that family, nobody. If they did, they'd tell him he didn't have to do all that in order to be famous. All he has to do is keep doing his music and be himself. Michael's been a little touched for about 20 years, but somebody needs to pull him aside and tell him they love him.
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In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.
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I began writing for theater, and maybe because of that I've always thought of myself as a theater writer who does work in film sometimes.
