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.
Quotes to Explore
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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.
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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.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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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.
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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.
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As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
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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.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
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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.
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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.
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I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.
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In almost every technology area that we're ahead in, we're ahead in because the United States leads the world in computers.
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I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.
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There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
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God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.
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I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)
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What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, and I see no place in our society for institutional racism.
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As a fiscal conservative, I cannot support a base closing that does not provide taxpayer savings.
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So many writers come to class with one question dominant in their mind, 'How do I make a living from this?' It's a fair enough question and one I always try to answer well- but it saddens me that it so often overshadows the more relevant questions of 'why am I writing' and 'what am I saying' and 'how do I keep it honest.
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It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable ... it's better to be quotable than honest.
