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66Six quotes by Tom Stoppard99

Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE FRSL (born 3 July 1937) is a British playwright. He has written plays such as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, Rock 'n' Roll, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He co-wrote the screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love. He has won one Academy Award and four Tony Awards.

❝A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself. ❞ [+]

❝Age is a high price to pay for maturity. ❞ [+]

❝It's better to be quotable than to be honest.❞ [+]

❝It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.❞ [+]

❝My art belongs to Dada.❞ [+]

❝We drift down time clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man?❞ [+]

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