Tom Stoppard Quotes
A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.
Quotes to Explore
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'Trapped In The Closet' lives in a place on the earth on its own. It pays its own rent, it's its own landlord, it owns the building, it's everything. And it's so separate from what R. Kelly does; that's the great thing about it.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
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We would like a stable policy framework, and whatever incentives and tax structures are there should be made known to investors upfront. There should be credibility, clarity and continuity in both policy formulation and its implementation.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I do a lot of voice over for Japanese anime titles as well as live-action stuff and original stuff from the States. 'Legion of Super Heroes,' 'New Wolverine: The X - Men' animated series, 'Afro Samurai' and some live-action stuff, TV shows here and there - I like to mix it up.
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All souls are equal and alike and have the similar nature and qualities.
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November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and the festive glow which precedes Christmas has began to brighten the landscape.
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If you are in business, you are not enjoying. You are working.
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He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.
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I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world.
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The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.
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Hope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good - but a sure sign that something nasty lies underneath.
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I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.
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And so these parties divided upon that midnight plain, each passing back the way the other had come, pursuing as all travelers must inversions without end upon other men’s journeys.
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I was raised to think women had babies, stayed at home, and men worked. By the time I got ready to do it, I thought I had all the answers. Only somebody had changed the questions.
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I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
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There is no glory in war—only good men dying terrible deaths.
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A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.
