Tom Stoppard Quotes
Chater: You dare to call me that. I demand satisfaction! Septimus: Mrs Chater demanded satisfaction and now you are demanding satisfaction. I cannot spend my time day and night satisfying the demands of the Chater family.
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It's better to do a film that works.
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A first date should be elegant. In comfortable surroundings. A place with excellent food, where you can talk easily and get to know each other.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.
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I like pencil skirts because they hug me in all the right places.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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Some people think they should go to Heaven but not have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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We really love to learn and explore things.
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I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
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People still say to me, 'What, you still live in Mexico?' I don't have to go to the United States simply to find work, and I don't have to stop what I'm doing. I mean, which Hollywood film beats 'The Motorcycle Diaries?'
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't believe in starving yourself, but sometimes I do cleanses and diets to prepare for a role.
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Some growths can be detected early, making for increased accuracy in diagnosis. Some can be cured and others controlled.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.
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The first time we ever used the Dixie flag for our backdrop was actually when we went over to Europe in 1970. It looked good, so we all liked it. We never meant any racial things by it.
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I write short, my words tight to the thread of the narrative.
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Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool.
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Chater: You dare to call me that. I demand satisfaction! Septimus: Mrs Chater demanded satisfaction and now you are demanding satisfaction. I cannot spend my time day and night satisfying the demands of the Chater family.
