Tom Stoppard Quotes
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There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age.
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A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
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Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in presenting characters that are more challenging, threatening, complicated and unpredictable.
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All of the land of Israel is ours.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.
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It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
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I like Public Enemy a great deal.
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I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
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We all know Illinois has big challenges. And under Gov. Rauner, things have only gotten worse.
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To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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I love to use a lot of spices when I cook, so we actually cast a real peppercorn in gold and then just made a bead out of it for necklaces and earrings.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I'm painfully middle class.
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I enjoyed my time in Utah. It was a different area to what I was used to. The people there were very nice and it was a great organization and city. I have only good things to say about Utah.
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The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the Tao. In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
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We all, to some degree, wish we could have some element of our childhood back again while, for kids, moving on is something they're worried about. They know it's going to happen at some point.
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I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.
