Tom Stoppard Quotes
To be frank: the translations that often sound bad in the mouths of the actors, these have often been done by linguists.
Quotes to Explore
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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When people go through something rough in life, they say, 'I'm taking it one day at a time.' Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.
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I don't have mom issues or dad issues. I think I have found peace about many things in my past. I have forgiven and asked to be forgiven.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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I believe if we simplify the process of tariff-fixing with lesser tariff slabs and rationalise the process, it will reduce corruption, and simultaneously, it will enable supply of adequate and cheap power to the poor as well as to farmers.
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I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.
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I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love. If you have not done so already, you are wasting your life.
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Some folks want the position of being a U.S. senator to enjoy the benefits that come with it, like foreign travel on the taxpayer's dime - which Sen. Boozman's done 129 times.
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To be frank: the translations that often sound bad in the mouths of the actors, these have often been done by linguists.
