Stephen Fry Quotes
Families where there is not much laughter I think are signs of some sort of dysfunctionality or sickness.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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It's one of the hardest things in life - choosing your own name.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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Kochi, formerly called Cochin, is a former European settlement with a large Christian population and a seafaring heritage. It is a town of enormous charm that reminds some visitors of the Caribbean more than India.
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I work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importance, and, with any luck, crush those that have the potential to devastate us.
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Wealth is just consistency... I don't want to be rich. I want to be wealthy.
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Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.
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Ah suppose man, ah'm too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It's likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y'know?
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To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.
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Part of what makes Minneapolis such a vibrant place to live and work is that we have active residents of all ages.
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I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1.
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Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.
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What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did.
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As somebody who makes his living in the movie business and wants to contribute to it, I think that the best chance I have of doing that is just consistently working with great directors.
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We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.
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I remember my father saying to me once, 'I finally know how to describe you, Charlotte. You're prickly.' And he was right - prickly is a very good description. If I had to be an animal, I'd probably be a porcupine.
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I spent a few years here in Memphis, in the late '70s and early '80s, where I was studying a lot of country blues players and their styles. So it seems like every record I'll do, I will appropriate these blues styles that I remember.
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I had such a tie with my eyes and my hands. I could look at a telephone pole 40 yards away, take out a 7-iron, and hit it 10 times in a row. I had something special. And somehow, I really understood the game, all without having a lot of guidance.
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If Playboy ring me up I would definitely say no!
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The hope for a messiah puts too much on that one person. And you think that absolves you of personal responsibility and you don't have to act because that person will do it for you.
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Families where there is not much laughter I think are signs of some sort of dysfunctionality or sickness.
