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Quotes by Tom Stoppard

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ActorsWe're actors - we're the opposite of people.
- (from "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead")
DemocracyIt's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
EternityEternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?
freedom of speechI agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the death your right to say it.
HistoryIf Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation.
HonestyIt is better to be quotable than to be honest.
HonestyIt is better to be quoteable than to be honest
LanguageWe are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style.
LifeLife is a gamble at terrible odds; if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.
MaturityI think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
Modern ArtSkill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
TImeThe days of the digital watch are numbered.
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