Tom Stoppard Quotes
To say that it is without pace, point, focus, interest, drama, wit or originality is to say simply that it does not happen to be my cup of tea.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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Nothing is absolute in security.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.
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One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
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Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.
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If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.
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Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.
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I got interested in coaching while I played at St. Joseph's. Because we played a national schedule, we played teams coached by Nat Holman, Joe Lapchick, Hank Iba, and others. I could see the impact the coach had on their teams, and I thought, 'That's a pretty good thing to do.'
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It's very difficult when you have $1.50 per day to spend on food and drink, but for people who live this reality, that money also has to cover medical expenses and education, fuel and shelter - sometimes for an entire family.
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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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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
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It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan.
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If you are an investor who's retired and hopes to live off the income that your portfolio is generating, then we would focus just on the dividend yield.
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Cotton Mather is one of those classic figures of American history who can't be left out. One has to explain him or explain him away, redeem him or denounce him.
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WWE is a space where I thrived, and I loved, and I still do. I love connecting with an audience; that is the greatest thing about going back to WWE.
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I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money.
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To say that it is without pace, point, focus, interest, drama, wit or originality is to say simply that it does not happen to be my cup of tea.
