Stephen Fry Quotes
The Greeks understood perfectly that if there were divine beings they are capricious, unkind, malicious mostly, temperamental, envious and mostly deeply unpleasant because that you can say well yes, all right, if there is going to be god or gods then you have to admit that they're very at the very least capricious. They're certainly not consistent. They're certainly not all loving.
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I'm interested in visual vocabulary, like Warhol was interested in that vocabulary of advertisements and television and pop culture.
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You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.
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You spend so much to buy these media net stories or full page ads to build perception... you can rather save this money and put it in the making or marketing of the film.
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The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!
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There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.
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I'm more interested in photographing people who have done something, like writers or directors - even billionaires - as long as I can study them before I photograph them.
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It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.
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I don't even draw on my life experiences when I'm acting. I just try and make it feel like I'm living through that person's skin.
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What the event will be like, being part of the Olympics and being in London, is too much to think about. You've no control over those things, so in a way, it's wasted energy to think of them.
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The return to the Organization of the United States of America, the bearers of a great and diversified democratic culture that has inspired many other peoples.
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The location was very difficult to get to. I recall rock-climbing a good deal of the way in that long skirt, and I felt terrible for the crew members who had to haul the heavy equipment. For some reason, they couldn't get there by helicopter.
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I inherited honesty and self-discipline from my father; from my mother, I inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness as did my three brothers and sisters.
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Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
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One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of a March thaw, is the spring.
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I think I have a good head on my shoulders.
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Never lived in L.A. I've always done the New York thing.
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The earth, that is nature's mother, is her tomb.
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I've definitely been in relationships with friends where I wanted to do something different than I know a friend has. It's that complicated balance between wanting to do what you know is right for you and not wanting to hurt someone's feelings. I think that's a part of growing up.
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The Greeks understood perfectly that if there were divine beings they are capricious, unkind, malicious mostly, temperamental, envious and mostly deeply unpleasant because that you can say well yes, all right, if there is going to be god or gods then you have to admit that they're very at the very least capricious. They're certainly not consistent. They're certainly not all loving.
