Stephen Fry Quotes
Money and fame are trashy and don't guarantee happiness, but we all refuse really to know it.
Quotes to Explore
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How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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No one knows what women want!
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The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
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You know, I've been playing with my hair color ever since I was nine.
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I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!
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I dont play villainy. I wouldnt even know how to play it.
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I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up.
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I always wanted to know what it felt like to fall on stage... now I know. It's not how you fall, but how you get up
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In the event that my illness worsens, I want to have a guarantee that I can die in a dignified manner. Nowhere in the bible does it say that a person has to stick it out to the decreed end. No one tells us what "decreed" means.
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Why leave the nut you got for one you don't know?
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People know that I'm going to do what's right.
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The fly in her argument is that when she says, 'they' will feel like lemons, we don't know who 'they' are. And 'they' might BE lemons.
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Everyone lives the way she knows best. What I mean by 'their happiness' is living a life untouched as much as possible by the knowledge that we are really, all of us, alone. That's not a bad thing.
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A truly good woman comes in only two types: One who knows nothing and the other who knows everything.
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Hold your own. Know your name. And go your own way. And everything will be fine.
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But, I'm kind of a control freak. I get really freaked out if I don't know what's going on and what's going to happen.
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Everyone wants to know about the gold ring. Everyone knows already - it's ridiculous.
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As soon as we get comfortable in one role, we have to take on another! Why? ... Because he wants to keep us off balance! That's why! Because he doesn't want us to THINK! He doesn't want us to QUESTION HIS AUTHORITY! So he keeps us busy! Keeps us running in circles! Like mice! Rushing from one role to the next! Well, I'm on to his game! I see what he's doing! And I refuse to participate!
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Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all.
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Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance.
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It become totally untenable to me that after acting for 25 years - I've played Juliet, Cleopatra and Anne Frank - there I was, sitting in Hollywood, just waiting for somebody to want me.
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I think we validate our lives through our actions.
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Money and fame are trashy and don't guarantee happiness, but we all refuse really to know it.
