Tom Stoppard Quotes
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.
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But from each crime are born bullets that will one day seek out in you where the heart lies.
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A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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I think people like it when you have a bit of personality.
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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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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
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I would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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I'm not going to let people get away with either a dishonest or inaccurate premise to what we're talking about because I think that does the viewer a disturbance.
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Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured.
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I'm a championship handball player. I'm a championship softball and baseball player. I used to be an extremely talented center in high school in football. I also dabbled in lacrosse and soccer. I'm really good at billiards, darts, shuffleboard.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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I really enjoy working on adaptations.
