Christopher Fry Quotes
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We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
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I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.
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When I got to law school, I didn't do very well. To put it mildly, I didn't do very well. I, in fact, graduated in the part of my law school class that made the top 90% possible.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer. It's a different designer for each episode, but for each one we're all wearing their clothes.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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I have a whole area in my closet for displaying shoes. They are in rows. But nobody comes in my closet, so they are only on display for me. It's pretty spectacular.
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I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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When I was on stage, I was like, 'This is alright. This is good.'
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The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
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I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
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In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.
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I don't invest in companies where my mental model is that they need to get themselves acquired in the next few years - or ever.
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You have sensible women here [in England] but then, they are very devils--censorious, uncharitable, sarcastic--the women in Scotland have twice--thrice their freedom, with all their virtue--and are very conversable and agreeable--their educations are more finished.
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Mind you, Roman Holiday - which is kind of a romantic comedy - is one of my favorite films, and I think Audrey Hepburn is absolutely phenomenal in that movie.
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When I was in college I did a lot of comedy.
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I wanted something that was direct – right to you eye .. ..something you didn't have to look around – you got the whole thing right away.
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Less than two weeks before my 34th birthday, I bought pots. Most people were amazed that I did not previously own pots, but that was before I explained that I had never used my oven, and used my stovetop for my dishrack.
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Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.
