Tom Stoppard Quotes
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Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.
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I don't think I can be expected to take seriously any game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion.
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It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.
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We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation.
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Since we cannot hope for order, let us withdraw with style from the chaos.
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If you could stop every atom in its position and direction, and if your mind could comprehend all the actions thus suspended, then if you…
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The hard part is getting to the top of page 1.
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I write fiction because it's a way of making statements I can disown.
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Never believe in mirrors or newspapers.
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The idea that all the people locked up in mental hospitals are sane while all the people walking about are mad is merely a literary…
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There's something scary about stupidity made coherent.
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A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin.
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Personally I am in favour of education but a university is not the place for it.
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There is truth and falsehood in a comma.
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I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.
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Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have gone about as…
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I can put two and two together, you know. Do not think you are dealing with a man who has lost his grapes.
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In January 1962, when I was the author of one and a half unperformed plays, I attended a student production of 'The Birthday Party' at…
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I doubt that art needed Ruskin any more than a moving train needs one of its passengers to shove it.
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It takes a lot of effort to be vibrant.
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