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.
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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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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
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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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Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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The instruments of battle are valuable only if one knows how to use them.
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To be honest, the first thing that hits you when you step off the plane in L.A. is just how eager people are to help you out here - or, at least, that's what I've found.
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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.
