Stephen Fry Quotes
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Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him?
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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Indeed, many of life's most fun and pleasurable choices come with potential dangers. It's important for my son to grow up recognizing that what might appear exciting or inviting at first glance could also have eventual negative consequences.
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
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We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.
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I have the right to protect myself. I feel like I have very good aim. My wife is better.
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I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.
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Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!
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Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth.
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If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck.
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Cursing is highly effective in person - someone kicks his car in rage, forgetting he's wearing flip-flops, flames pour from his mouth, and it's impressive. But you see it in print, and it's just ugly.
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A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.
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I've never written anything that I haven't wanted to write again. I want to, and still am, writing 'A Few Good Men' again. I didn't know what I was doing then, and I'm still trying to get it right. I would write 'The Social Network' again if they would let me, I'd write 'Moneyball' again. I would write 'The West Wing' again.
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Hawaii was beautiful of course, we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean.
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Cuando busco mi existencia, no la busco en mí.
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Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he may teach us how to overhear ourselves when we talk to ourselves... he may teach us how to accept change in ourselves as in others, and perhaps even the final form of change.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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Our job is obvious: we need to get out of the way, shine a light, and empower a new generation to teach itself and to go further and faster than any generation ever has.
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Travel, of course, narrows the mind.
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No more settling for less. I've looking for that kind of man that's gonna give his best 'cause I'm giving my best.
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Education is the sum of what students teach each other between lectures and seminars.
