Tom Stoppard Quotes

In my mind, I always knew what my father looked like.

Tom Stoppard

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FatherMindAlwaysLikeKnewLooked

What's so hard about that first sentence is that you're stuck with it. Everything else is going to flow out of that sentence. And by the time you've laid down the first two sentences, your options are all gone.

Joan Didion

TimeYouDownFlowFirstHard

I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.

Robert Quine

MeRock And RollRockRollJustHit

I do my own stunts; that's something I'm very passionate about. I spent a lot of time on boats as a kid, so it's just nice to be able to put that into use in the job that I do.

Aneurin Barnard

TimeJobNiceMy OwnPassionateKid

The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

TimeFreeFirst TimeFairFirstHad

We need to stop frowning upon failure whilst criticising those that succeed.

Ana Patricia Botin

FailureSucceedStopNeedThose

As people get older, we all know, you get married and you have a child and that becomes your family, but when you're 16 years old, especially, your family is your friends.

Stephen Chbosky

FamilyChildPeopleFriendsYouOld

A story invites both writer and reader into a kind of superficial ease: we want to slide along, pleasingly entertained, lost in the fictional dream.

Steven Erikson

StoryDreamLostWantKindAlong

I'm an independent conservative. And what I mean by that - when I think we're right, I'm with us all the way, and I am a conservative. And I think my record reflects that.

Mike Huckabee

I AmThinkIndependentWayMeanUs

A champion doesn't choose opponents or where the fight is going to be.

Jose Aldo

FightChampionChooseWhereGoing

If I look at the one thorn that is in my side, of all my life, it is my weight. I fret about it, I'm anxious about it, being an actor on television - it drives me insane. It just seems to be something that plays a central part in waking up in the morning and thinking, 'How am I with myself today?'

Deborah Mailman

LifeMorningTodayMyselfMeLook

All cultures have these feelings about non-functional areas of activity. And the more time people have on their hands, the more they commit it to those areas.

Brian Eno

TimePeopleHandsFeelingsMore

I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.

Anna Wintour

MyselfPeopleInterestingSayGroup

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