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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With a good melody... music gets me through everything.
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Acting is my passion, but I like hosting shows, too.
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In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.
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At festivals you kind of have to play the game a bit and you have to play a lot of the big bangers but it's to me it's extra gratifying to be able to play the non-bangers and make it work. Because that's still the craft of the DJ, I think.
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There are many documentary filmmakers who have a tough time because they don't really get what they need to do what they want. There are so many people with good visions that should be encouraged and helped. And they will deliver, I'm sure.
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For all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction, and time is its only measure.
