Tom Stoppard Quotes

And for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute.

Tom Stoppard

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• One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.

  

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• Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.

  

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• I was very good in all the maths and sciences.

  

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• Being able to walk out of the studio after a week of intense recording and jump into a cold sea and sit in a hot spring and soak for a few hours completely resets the whole system. Really refreshing. For me, it's all about stepping out of the ordinary. Even psychically.

  

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• If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.

  

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• I was living at home until about 27 and decided it was time to move out and move somewhere else, so that's what I did. I wanted it to be the right thing to do. I didn't want to buy something out of my price range; I didn't want to be stupid with my money, so I decided to stay at home. Luckily, my mum and dad were amazing.

  

  Olly Murs
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• Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.

  

  Ed Asner
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• The connection that readers have to 'Rookie' has only meant more and more to me as I get older.

  

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• I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.

  

  Olivia Thirlby
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• Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.

  

  Victoria Woodhull
  • Women
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• I'm really terrible with small children; they're small, noisy, irritating, damp and soggy.

  

  Ian Anderson
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• I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasn't quite doing it for me. I wasn't totally fulfilled, and I did a lot of skating.

  

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• Do not give up your dream because it is apparently not being realized, because you cannot see it coming true. Cling to your vision with all the tenacity you can muster. Keep it bright; do not let the bread-and-butter side of life cloud your ideal or dim it.

  

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• 'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.

  

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• The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.

  

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• I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.

  

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• I find it very, very hard. He was part of the fabric of my life. We were kids together, and teenagers. We spent the whole of our lives with each other because of our music.

  

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• The more clearly a principle is understood by the intellect, the more inexcusable is the neglect to put it into practice.

  

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• Was it Aristotle who said the human soul is composed of reason, will, and desire?” “No, that was Plato. Aristotle and Plato were as different as Mel Tormé and Bing Crosby. In any case, things were a lot simpler in the old days,” Komatsu said. “Wouldn’t it be fun to imagine reason, will, and desire engaged in a fierce debate around a table?

  

  Haruki Murakami
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• I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

  

  Hakeem Olajuwon
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• I'm done with girls on rocks! I've painted them for thirteen years and I could paint them and sell them for thirteen more. That's the peril of the commercial art game. It tempts a man to repeat himself. it's an awful thing to get to be a rubber stamp. I'm quitting my rut now while I'm still able.

  

  Maxfield Parrish
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• And for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute.

  

  Tom Stoppard
  • Wind
  • Sound
  • Lasts