Who is Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard (born Tomáš Sträussler, 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Stoppard has been a playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation. Stoppard was knighted for his contribution to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997.Born in Czechoslovakia, Stoppard left as a child refugee, fleeing imminent Nazi occupation. He settled with his family in Britain after the war, in 1946, having spent the previous three years (1943–1946) in a boarding school in ...
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- It's not the voting that's democracy it's the counting.
- A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
- Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
- I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music.
- Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers. Papers are power.
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Nekomasetter_: love is loving them at their worst. -tom stoppardClintbobbiquote: two are once—very sweet! but why not three at once, william tell? because, m'dear, as tom stoppard once wrote, “there is an art to the building up of suspense!” tom stoppard?! then you're the one who filched my copy of rosencrantz & guildenstern are dead!
Baambam11a: “every exit is an entry somewhere.” -tom stoppard
Shakespearegeek: tom stoppard making the list where guys like beckett, albee, williams, o'neill and shakespeare only get a footnote.
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