Tom Stoppard Quotes
He's never known anything like it! But then, he has never known anything to write home about, so this is nothing to write home about.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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We are paying the price for living longer, collecting degenerative diseases along the way. Cancer is only one. Others are heart and brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.
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The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.
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I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
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There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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There is inspiration all around us.
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I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.
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What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
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India remains one of the few nations which still focuses entirely on an archaic de-addiction model, administered by the ministry of social justice and empowerment, to address drinking problems, adhering to a centuries-old idea of these problems being a moral disorder rather than a health condition.
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If we're building high quality companies, if the customers like the products, if the technology innovation is real, then the substance is going to win out in the end.
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The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.
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Everything that is bad, the falling sickness - God save the mark - or the like, should be at its worst at the full moon. I suppose because it is the leader of the stars.
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Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.
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The characteristic of the new birth is that I yield myself so completely to God that Christ is formed in me.
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Every team thinks of their fans as the 12th Man. I don't see why it's a big deal. The 12th Man is our fans, and they made a difference.
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The most consistent characteristic of awakened teachers and people I have met is a childlike nature. They laugh, cry, twinkle, and joke, all with a spontaneity born of freedom. Their faces are fluid and reflect a timeless sweetness, even into old age.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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I don't camp; I don't hike. I hate bugs, and I'm phobic of snakes.
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He's never known anything like it! But then, he has never known anything to write home about, so this is nothing to write home about.
