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.Stephen Fry
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I'm interested in visual vocabulary, like Warhol was interested in that vocabulary of advertisements and television and pop culture.
Damian Loeb -
You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.
Yitzhak Rabin -
'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
Tate Donovan -
If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
Wayne Huizenga -
I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.
Garry Kasparov -
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.
Kangana Ranaut
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There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.
Joanne Rowling -
It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.
Daniel Cormier -
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.
Aaron Paul -
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.
Victoria Pendleton -
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.
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi -
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.
Madeleine Stowe
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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.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
Alexander Pope -
I think I have a good head on my shoulders.
Jana Kramer -
The documentary 'Certifiably Jonathan' has engrossing moments in it. How can it not? It's got a great subject - the extraordinarily voluble comedian Jonathan Winters, whose constant rush of words can be like a blizzard: beautiful, maddening, exhausting, and finally beautiful again. But it's not a great film.
Elvis Mitchell -
I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.
Elon Musk -
English does have a larger vocabulary than other languages because of its history as the primary language of science and its global reach.
David Crystal
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We believe that man's value - as every creature's value, ultimately - lies not in the mere intellect but in the spirit: in the capacity to reflect that which, for lack of a more precise word, we choose to call “the divine,” i.e. that which is true and beautiful beyond all manifestation, that which remains timeless (and therefore unchangeable) within all changes.
Savitri Devi -
I see a sense of unity in the universe. Spirituality is not limited to only one religion. One can experience it across different religions. I am fascinated by philosophy of Advaita and philosophy of unity. We have to get over the illusion that God is different from us.
Amish Tripathi -
I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
Taylor Jenkins Reid -
Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.
Gautama Buddha -
The world is a room of heavy furniture. Eventually you are allowed to leave.
Adam Foulds -
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.
Stephen Fry