Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks...

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.