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~ Tom Stoppard Quotes ~
« on: November 12, 2015, 08:11:02 PM »
Tom Stoppard Quotes


An influential British playwright, knighted in 1997. 
Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE, FRSL (born Tomáš Straussler 3 July 1937) is an influential British playwright, knighted in 1997. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage, finding prominence with plays such as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, The Real Thing, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He co-wrote the screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love and has won one Academy Award and four Tony Awards. Themes of human rights, censorship and political freedom pervade his work along with exploration of linguistics and philosophy. Stoppard has been a key playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation.

Here are some famous quotes by Tom Stoppard.




Every exit is an entry somewhere.
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Re: ~ Tom Stoppard Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2015, 08:11:47 PM »
Age is a high price to pay for maturity.
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« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2015, 08:12:32 PM »
We're actors--we're the opposite of people.
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Re: ~ Tom Stoppard Quotes ~
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2015, 08:12:55 PM »
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
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Re: ~ Tom Stoppard Quotes ~
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2015, 08:13:22 PM »
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2015, 08:13:44 PM »
Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean where's it all going to end?
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Re: ~ Tom Stoppard Quotes ~
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2015, 08:14:07 PM »
A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
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Re: ~ Tom Stoppard Quotes ~
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2015, 08:14:33 PM »
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
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Re: ~ Tom Stoppard Quotes ~
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2015, 08:14:53 PM »
Everything has to be taken on trust; truth is only that which is taken to be true. It's the currency of living. There may be nothing behind it but it doesn't make any difference so long as it is honoured.
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