Tom Stoppard Quotes
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What I have found most surprising is the amount of damage we have done to environment in the course of my lifetime - not even five and a half decades.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future.
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The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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Transferring our sovereignty and decisionmaking power to the WTO, to the United Nations, or any other international body is not in the long-term interests of our people.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.
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I think I will be a great president having to do with the military and also having to do with taking care of our vets.
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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
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As I grew up I got cynical. I'd see Mother enthusiastic and involved with charlatans. Numerologists and astrologists who charged five hundred dollars for a 'reading' which was so vague you could twist the meaning any way you wanted.
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The first time I got pregnant, I was a young girl - I was 17 years old. Although I knew right away that I wanted to keep my child, being a pregnant teen was an extremely scary experience for me. Luckily, my family and friends were very supportive and were there for me every step of the way.
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In chess, computers show that what we call 'strategy' is reducible to tactics, ultimately. It only looks creative to us. They are still just glorified cash registers. This should make us feel uncomfortable, whether or not we think computers will ever be good composers of music or artistic painters.
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I write out of my intellectual experience.
