Stephen Fry Quotes
My first meeting with you only confirmed what I first suspected. You are a fraud, a charlatan and a shyster. My favourite kind of person, in fact.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style in both the U.S. and Canada, with its no-nonsense Scottish immigrants.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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If I'm elected president, we will repeal every word of Obamacare.
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Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
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I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
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I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
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Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?
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Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
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I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.
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What kind of society have we become when children in a great city cannot rely on mothers or fathers for a bowl of cereal in the morning and a brown bag with a sandwich and apple in it for lunch?
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You can't do every movie - although I do a lot of them - and the thing I'm longing to do is... it's not that I think I'm funny... but I long to do a situation comedy.
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The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
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It's just fun to be in Paris.
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I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options.
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I want to explore the world properly, to be able to write about and take pictures of all kinds of different cultures. Just be an explorer or adventurer. I also love extreme sports.
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Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.
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Australia is so influenced by America. It's kind of in-between the U.K. and the States.
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Don't listen to what anyone tells you about the kind of music you make. Just make it! Be yourself, make your own music, and be totally true to your art. Because it's kind of a selfish thing to be an artist.
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You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump and run again. You got to hide-hidey-hide, the old man is down the road.
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My first meeting with you only confirmed what I first suspected. You are a fraud, a charlatan and a shyster. My favourite kind of person, in fact.
