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The human condition2 quotes
Life is a gamble at terrible odds-if it was a bet, you wouldn't take it. — Tom Stoppard · 1966We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered. — Tom Stoppard · 1966Burning bridges1 quote
We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered. — Tom Stoppard · 1966Cynicism1 quote
We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered. — Tom Stoppard · 1966Eternity1 quote
Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end? — Tom Stoppard · 1966Freedom of the press1 quote
I'm with you on the free press. It's the newspapers I can't stand. — Tom Stoppard · 1978Media1 quote
I'm with you on the free press. It's the newspapers I can't stand. — Tom Stoppard · 1978Military industrial complex1 quote
War is capitalism with the gloves off. — Tom Stoppard · 1974Nature of life1 quote
Life is a gamble at terrible odds-if it was a bet, you wouldn't take it. — Tom Stoppard · 1966Nature of war1 quote
War is capitalism with the gloves off. — Tom Stoppard · 1974Newspapers1 quote
I'm with you on the free press. It's the newspapers I can't stand. — Tom Stoppard · 1978