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Tom Stoppard Quotes

The idea that anybody might be allowed to use their common sense when clearly no harm is being done is part of history now.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: english
Birth: July 3, 1937

Topics

History Common Sense Done Now Sense

I have become a bit obsessed with eyebrows. I used to never have any, and then I realised big eyebrows are good, and now I'm an eyebrow fiend. Everyone comes to me to get their eyebrows done.

Good Me Done Now Become Never

As a teenager I read a lot of books. Books with lots of scary trends, things like nuclear weapons and overpopulation and global diseases, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to write stories that showed people these problems and that we could do something about them.'

Great People Problems Thought Trends

At first, I was able to use a Bunsen burner attached to my mother's gas stove, but the use of the kitchen as a laboratory came to an abrupt end when a minor explosion involving hydrogen sulphide spattered the newly painted decor and changed the colour from blue to dirty green!

Mother Blue Green Kitchen End Dirty

Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking.

Thinking Social Habits Rooted Some

The criteria, for me, is movie star. It's Hollywood. Not Somalia.

Steven Cojocaru

Me Hollywood Star Movie Star Movie

Compared to today's salaries, our cut was minuscule but it was very good for the time.

Good Today Time Cut Our Very

I am opposed to Obama's efforts to destroy the American economy. I'm opposed to Obama's efforts to so-called fix the health care system. I'm opposed to the way Obama wants to go about fixing unemployment.

Health I Am Care American Go Way

I think that the tea party, grassroots ideology will win every time.

Time Tea Win Think Party Will

I'm way too honest. It can backfire.

I'm inspired by throwing out any darkness that is inside of me. For me, art cures.

Art Darkness Me Inside Out Inspired

If the U.S. were to not reauthorize the Ex-Im bank, it's in essence unilaterally disarming in a globally competitive environment.

Dennis Muilenburg

Environment Bank Competitive Essence

There is nothing romantic about teargas. Or smoke bombs or rubber bullets or sound cannons.

Romantic Smoke Nothing Sound Bullets

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