Stephen Fry Quotes
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So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask, 'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?'
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There was a time when if you had a financial crisis in Southeast Asia somewhere, it had no impact on our markets. Today it does.
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Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.
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Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find someone's hand and squeeze it, while there's still time.
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There are periods where you think, "What am I doing?" or "What am I doing it for?"; that's a more scary question. "I've made s---loads of money, I've left my mark in music, why am I still doing this?," and it takes a while to answer that question.
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I’ll wait for you. Come back. The words were not meaningless, but they didn’t touch him now. It was clear enough - one person waiting for another was like an arithmetical sum, and just as empty of emotion. Waiting. Simply one person doing nothing, over time, while another approached. Waiting was a heavy word.
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Moderate labor of the body conduces to the preservation of health, and cares many initial diseases.
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Men's hearts and faces are always wide asunder; women's are not only in close connection, but are mirror-like in the instant power of reflection.
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One of the risks of a public trial is a public verdict.
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She shall be my queen, and I her most ardent admirer and protector. A new standard of love shall be established for the ages. Time will clarify my devotion! On this I would gladly stake my very soul!
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Instead of plastic surgery, I'd rather have a height enhancement surgery.
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My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.
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I do acting for the awards... and cash money.
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I think most people who decide to become a musician have to be prepared for some degree of struggle. It makes the art better if you go through some struggles. To be an artist, in any form, you have to develop some sense of compassion and empathy - it's an important quality for everyone to have, on a human level. But I think, as part of our job, you have to be able to do that, so suffering, tends - if you allow it - to let you look on the bright side. It will help with those senses.
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In a dung heap, even a plastic bead can gleam like a sapphire.
