Tom Stoppard Quotes
It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable ... it's better to be quotable than honest.Tom Stoppard
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I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so sometimes I do it to just be away in a certain area that I've never been to. But mostly, the story has to do something for me.
Carice van Houten -
AIPAC has consistently opposed a two-state solution, and a lot of members of Congress have been intimidated, and I don't think that's healthy.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
Adam Grant -
At the very end, what is going to happen is that immigration will be reduced considerably. And how can we get to that stage? By agreements on sectors.
Vicente Fox -
Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
Barry Sternlicht
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I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the '80s really changed when the '90s hit. For me to chase that dream or career of music, I started a family, started on 'Melrose Place,' so it was something I didn't have the time or energy.
Jack Wagner -
I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
Kailash Satyarthi -
A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
Karl Marx -
As J.R. I could get away with anything - bribery, blackmail and adultery. But I got caught by cancer. I do want everyone to know that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. I will be receiving treatment while working on the new 'Dallas' series.
Larry Hagman -
If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
Dambisa Moyo
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I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.
Carly Fiorina -
In almost every technology area that we're ahead in, we're ahead in because the United States leads the world in computers.
W. Daniel Hillis -
I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.
Vicente del Bosque -
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
Samuel Johnson -
God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.
P. D. James -
I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)
James Brown
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Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position.
Louise Erdrich -
I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown.
Nathan Lane -
I went with Beach Fossils and we played 40 shows because we wanted people to see us.
Zachary Cole Smith -
I'd rather be this walking metamorphosis than having that old formed opinion about everything.
Raul Seixas -
People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
William Penn -
It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable ... it's better to be quotable than honest.
Tom Stoppard