Tom Stoppard Quotes

Well I believe in the desirability of an optimal society.

Tom Stoppard

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SocietyBelieveI BelieveWell

My father was a little frightening - a huge man, six foot four - and he looked like God. He was always a visitor, as far as I was concerned, because my parents separated when I was nine. We only became friends when he was old and began to shrink. During the war, he was a BBC war correspondent and did some extraordinary broadcasts.

Jennifer Johnston

FatherGodManWarParentsFriends

It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.

Max Lucado

AngerMeElectionCynicismSeems

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

John Ruskin

KindnessGreatMoneyThoughtWorth

Just like it's not healthy to think overly negative thoughts, exaggeratedly positive thoughts can be equally detrimental. If you overestimate how much of a positive impact a particular change will have on your life, you may end up feeling disappointed when reality doesn't live up to your fantasy.

Amy Morin

LifePositiveChangeLiveThoughts

God, life changes faster than you think.

Amy Tan

LifeGodThinkYouLife Changes

I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in.

Amanda Lindhout

SpaceAfraidBecauseGetEnclosed

When I first got started in the late '70s, early '80s, and first was thinking about the interactive world, I believed so fervently that it was the next big thing, I thought it would happen quickly.

Steve Case

WorldThinkingThoughtEarlyLate

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

Socrates

HateDeepestComeDesiresOften

The thing you can't let go of is gravity. The reality of gravity in writing. If someone says something really mean in a sitcom, and the next wave isn't a reaction to the reality of that, you start losing relatability. In a lot of romantic comedies, they throw out the rules of life.

Michael Patrick King

LifeRomanticLosingWritingStart

There's no question I'm going to do everything within the normal political bounds to make sure we don't nominate Donald Trump.

Mitt Romney

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You make a movie, and if there's a red light flashing in the distance, everyone thinks that the director had a whole lot of money and a great idea that the red light means something. Then you say, 'Yeah, we couldn't afford to shut the red light off that was broken two blocks away.'

Dito Montiel

GreatLightMoneyBrokenRedYou

I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am.

Princess Diana

I AmFreeSpiritWayFree SpiritAm

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