Stephen Fry Quotes
No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time.
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Whenever I went to a wedding or a party, girls kept complaining about their shoes. I love to dance, and I wanted them to have shoes they could keep on all night.
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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The rules of sexism do not free men from the terror of violence; they only keep men from complaining about it.
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Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.
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Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.
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For me, for a very long time, I was in denial because when you say you're sad or you're overwhelmed, we consider it whining or complaining. People say, 'Count your blessings,' and it's like, 'Yeah, I am, but I'm still sad. Something is wrong with me.' I had to acknowledge it.
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Grown-ups do a lot of complaining!
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I enthuse about Scrivener to all of my friends. Some of them even listen to me and download it. This is often swiftly followed by an email complaining that it's all very confusing, and they'll stick to Microsoft Word, thanks.
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I'm not on Facebook. I'm not on Twitter. I know a lot of celebrities who go around complaining how little privacy they have. And then my question to that is always, 'Well, how much of yourself are you putting out there?'
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The public doesn't want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken.
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Just as I am working hard to adjust to a new level, someone comes along and asks me to move up again. I'm not complaining about it; I just get on with trying to make sure I don't let anyone down. Training with England is just a different gravy again. Movement-wise, finishing-wise, you can learn such a lot from watching the very best in action.
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Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.
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I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.
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I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.
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I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.
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...Be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you.
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Raindrops keep fallin' on my head. But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red. Crying's not for me. Cause I ain't gonna stop the rain by complaining.
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If a person weren't failing in some way, shape or form, would he or she need to blame, justify, or complain? The obvious answer is no.
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Money is another pressure. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying that there's a certain luxury in having no money. I spent ten years in New York not having it, not worrying about it. Suddenly you have it, then you worry, where is it going? Am I doing the right thing with it?
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If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.
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Why would I be willing to challenge my Republican leadership? Because my allegiance will always be to the Constitution and the American people first and foremost, not to my political party.
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No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time.
