Tom Stoppard Quotes
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Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.
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All you have to do is come to Ohio and say, 'I think NAFTA is a lousy deal,' and everybody cheers.
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I look a hundred and weigh 110 – you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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The very phrase 'Make America great again' implies some kind of reset to a time long since passed. A mission to restore America to a previous default setting where American economic superiority was without peer, factories and manufacturing plants were humming, and jobs were plentiful for anyone who wanted one.
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I found the brick-making process fascinating - how, after being burnt, the brick would come out strong. I liked to sit on the stack of bricks and look as far as I could. I'd do the same at a hillock near my school - just sit on top at leisure and enjoy the feeling of being on top of the world.
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When I was in fourth grade, a novelist came to talk to my English class. She told us that being an author meant sitting at the kitchen table in pajamas, drinking tea with the dogs at your feet.
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I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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I'm not a dreamer for, you know, 'I want to go to the moon someday.' I accomplished something when I was young, which was much more than I expected to. My results were much bigger than I ever dreamed about it.
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First and foremost, you've got to make yourself happy. Essentially being who you are is the most important thing. When you're after truth, happiness always comes.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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I have an outdoor kitchen at home in Georgia, and I try to never eat inside.
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My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!
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We book our exports forward for more than a year, and so we have a fixed rate. We do not get the spot rate that we see in the market every day.
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I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.
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I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.
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Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute; we often dismiss it as irrational and self-indulgent. But the imagination is also the faculty that has enabled scientists to bring new knowledge to light and to invent technology that has made us immeasurably more effective.
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Why you play with my heart and not show love consistently? I put my life on the line, you wouldn't take that risk for me Fucked up my trust, wish I could delete all our memories Keep poppin' these pills, I hope it take away my misery
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I wanted to really ingrain myself in the culture and the people. And I apologize about having an allergy to dairy products that gives me some irritable bowels, but other than that, I mean, I've embraced just about everything else Wisconsin - especially when it comes to sports, but also the people and the interactions with our fans.
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My grandfather was a judge and my grandmother wished that my father Prithviraj Kapoor too would study law and become a judge like her husband.
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Spokes are one of those Saturn-system phenomena that we are keenly interested in understanding.
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Uncertainty is the normal state.
