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.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
Edna Ferber -
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.
Kate Braverman -
All of the land of Israel is ours.
Yitzhak Shamir -
I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
Imran Khan -
Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
Abe Lemons
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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.
Beau Willimon -
It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.
Lal Bahadur Shastri -
I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
Ed Harris -
I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
Calvin Trillin -
I like Public Enemy a great deal.
Randy Newman -
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.
Taylor Swift
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We all know Illinois has big challenges. And under Gov. Rauner, things have only gotten worse.
J. B. Pritzker -
To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote.
Rand Paul -
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.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
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.
Padma Lakshmi -
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?
Famke Janssen -
I'm painfully middle class.
Valerie Harper
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Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity.
Iman -
I read secular fiction, but also enjoy novels with a Christian worldview.
Randy Alcorn -
I don't fear aging. It's natural, and I can't stop it!
Madhuri Dixit -
Don't let the Monday morning quarterbacks stop you from being bold. You've got to set a high bar.
Antonio Villaraigosa -
The urban, on the other hand, is often seen as more real and mundane, even though it is obviously far more recent in terms of planetary development. I think this might be because nature corresponds to the unconscious and the artificial world of the city and human culture to the conscious mind.
Quentin S. Crisp -
I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.
Tom Stoppard