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Quote by Tom Stoppard

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Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

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...

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing...

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing...

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

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.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

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.

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

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...

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...

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

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

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

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...

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,...

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.

There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is...

There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is...

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature...

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature...

Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice...

Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice...