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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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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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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I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse.
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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'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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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.
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Love of, and respect for, the humble routine of everyday life and its creatures was the only moral commandment which carried conviction when I was a child.
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The very center of your heart is where life begins. The most beautiful place on earth.
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I really enjoy working on adaptations.
