Tom Stoppard Quotes

It was a different planet in 1967, the Broadway theatre. It had a little ashtray clamped to the back of every seat and the author got 10% of the gross.

Tom Stoppard

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TheatreBackLittlePlanetDifferent

I don't support gay marriage. I'm just not there, as far as believing in my heart that we should change 2,000 years of social policy in favor of a redefinition of the family.

Matt Salmon

FamilyChangeMarriageHeartSupport

I think everyone at some point in their career would like the opportunity to go back to their alma mater, but from a timing standpoint, it's just never worked.

Jeff Fisher

OpportunityThinkBackCareerTiming

We are going to make people who do some things with Santander into loyal customers who bank with us every day. This is what will allow us to compete in a world where banking customers have more and more choice. If we don't do this, then we won't grow in the next decade.

Ana Patricia Botin

DayPeopleWorldGrowChoiceWill

Liberal politicians, in celebrating the benefits of modernization, free trade, diverse families, and the rise of more women and minorities into political and economic prominence, have often glossed over the pain of white blue-collar communities.

Stephanie Coontz

WomenPainFreePoliticalWhite

Thugs who brutalize elderly people should be punished severely.

Maryanne Trump Barry

PeopleElderlyWhoShouldThugs

At the end of the Middle Ages, nobody would ever have expected the monasteries to vanish from the scene within a generation - yet they did. Change does happen.

Rowan Williams

ChangeEndGenerationNobodyWithin

I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through.

Liz Phair

ThinkThroughThingsLikeVery

I get paralyzingly nervous a lot of times, so I tried bravado. The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: 'strength.'

Lorde

StrengthMyselfDressPeopleThink

We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There's just one problem - it's in North Korea.

Jon Stewart

LookingGunPotentialProblemBeen

We approached Athens from the north in early twilight, climbing a hill. When we reached its peak, we were dazzled to look down and see the Acropolis struck by one beam of the setting sun, as if posing for a picture.

Donald Hall

SunPicturePosingLookEarlyDown

Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.

Christopher Isherwood

LifeGoodImaginationLuckYouBad

I was born with an extremely negative attitude. I was the kid who wouldn't smile in Christmas photos, was a poor sport, and hated a lot of things. I eventually grew out of my negativity when I matured.

Colton Haynes

SmileAttitudeNegativeNegativity

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