Tom Stoppard Quotes
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.
Quotes to Explore
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I was never a person who dated in high school, because at 17, everything just felt like it had to be so rushed. Relationships just bounced around like crazy in high school! And now, I never want to rush anything. I just want to enjoy all of the steps.
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I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.
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I'm not super into sports.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
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There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.
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I find the term 'workaholic' to be distasteful because it reminds me of the harried-looking lawyers I recall chained to their desks through nights and weekends during my lawyer days years ago.
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A cancer is not only a physical disease, it is a state of mind.
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I think, as human beings, we all have a fundamental mode, a basic way of relating to the rest of reality, and for me, it's always instinctively been about sound making and trying to extract information, grammar, meaning from sound making. That's been my way of navigating reality that's very personal; a painter might say they make marks or look.
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Lyra sighed; she had forgotten how roundabout Scholars could be. It was difficult to tell them the truth when a lie would have been so much easier for them to understand.
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There is a big disincentive to talk about the truth. I will speak the truth.
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From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.
