Tom Stoppard Quotes
For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure.
Quotes to Explore
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it's just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt.
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Being evil is easy.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
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My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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I feel the audience are friends that have come to see us. That was always how we look on it in the Carter Family. I've never suffered stage fright.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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The first principle of the market economy is that it is comprised of many small buyers and sellers, which implies a substantial degree of equity. Another fundamental market principle is that costs are internalized in the producer's price.
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I have been through and seen so many dramas and traumas and been in so many situations that I can probably interpret a few different characters.
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We are so defined by how people see us. We're a very materialistic culture. We're a very image-driven culture. What if that goes away and you are left with, God help us, what, indeed, is your essential self?
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When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.
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Wearing a hat is fun; people have a good time when they're wearing a hat.
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For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure.
