Tom Stoppard Quotes

There are certain sorts of jokes which have only to do with the substitution of the unexpected word in a familiar context. If you translated something into French and then had it translated back into English by somebody who didn't know the original, you'd lose what was funny.

Tom Stoppard

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FunnyUnexpectedYouLoseBackKnow

The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks.

Johannes Stark

MindQuestionAncientComposition

To lose two babies is really scary. It really caught on me emotionally, physically, everything. It took me at least 15 years to get over it and still, to this day, I miss my son.

Mayte Garcia

SonDayMeLoseOverEverything

I have people coming to me every day, coming to my office, with life-threatening diseases - life-threatening diseases - and they were dropped from their health care because of the Affordable Care Act.

Michael Grimm

HealthDayPeopleMeCareEvery Day

Jamie Dimon and J.P. Morgan are contributing millions to the Remain campaign because they do very nicely, thank you, out of the E.U.

Michael Gove

Thank YouYouOutBecauseVery

I've had a number of near misses during my travels that in retrospect seem of greater concern than they did at the time. I guess that is what happens with age.

John Prendergast

AgeTimeSeemGreaterHappensThan

The amount of military force necessary to provide reassurance depends on how dangerous people think the world is. And that I think ultimately depends upon the kinds of government that hold sway in major countries.

Michael Mandelbaum

GovernmentPeopleWorldThinkHold

My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her.

Loni Anderson

FireMomDoorSmokingHillTry

I'm a very connected and passionate founder. And I do model transparency and openness and loyalty in my actions.

Julia Hartz

LoyaltyTransparencyPassionateModel

I like comedy that's very specific and isn't afraid to lose people through its specificity.

Josh Gondelman

PeopleComedyLoseAfraidThrough

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

Jon Krakauer

RomanticDeathWarRandomNothing

Strangely enough, among my dad's things, I found the diary of an ancestor who was born in 1797 and became a ventriloquist in London. That was quite chilling. It described exactly how I was as a child but 150 years earlier - doing voices, pretending to be a ventriloquist.

Christopher Guest

ChildDoingEnoughBornLondon

Music kept me sane between acting jobs.

Chris Carmack

MusicMeActingSaneBetweenJobs

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