Tom Stoppard Quotes
Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, "Oh, for God's sake, shut up."
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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EmTech Asia brings together some of the brightest minds in technology and computer security.
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You have friends, and they die. You have a disease, someone you care about has a disease, Wall Street people are scamming everyone, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer. That's what we're surrounded by all the time.
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I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.
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Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
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We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.
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There's something very Nixonian about the idea of keeping an enemy's list.
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I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God.
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.
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I think he likes it. He fits in with our ethos. He's a good worker and is an excellent pro. Thank goodness he likes his training or else he wouldn't settle here.
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If Death stepped miraculously through the glass and came in after you, in all probability you just got up and went along with him, ferociously but quietly.
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
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When I write, there are times -- not always -- when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, ... I'll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
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Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, "Oh, for God's sake, shut up."
