Stephen Fry Quotes
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Getting recognized and doing shoots and signing on partnerships and signing on deals, that's all great, and I'm so appreciative of that, but it's more the reward that's the most satisfying. I know the importance of working hard, and I appreciate pretty much everything that has come my way; I don't take any of it for granted.
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If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it.
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I am the guardian of power, not its owner.
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I'm a holy man minus the holiness.
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I once rode a motorcycle across Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco!
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I don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book.
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When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.
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I never got formal training in music. I would just sit with my ear to the speaker and my hand on the needle. I'd listen to Wanda Jackson and think, 'How did she do that?,' and lift the needle and try it myself.
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The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
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I'm opening gyms around the world to encourage people to get in shape and feel good about themselves; bringing art through dance to gyms to make my gyms different from other people's.
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Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for that. They 'want' that. And it's good policy.
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Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own, like pieces of furniture that should be judged as to their usefulness, elegance.
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Crim has baggage: expectation, history, responsibility.
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The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.
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Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?
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It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
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At the end of the day, I do think I'm happiest doing comedy. I love it. I know that I can do other things. I love drama as well.
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I had the most fun on '3rd Rock'. It was a great show to work on.
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People, I am the son of the people. I pledge before God that I will sacrifice myself for your sake. I shall offer my life in defence of the Iraqi people.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.
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A great laptop running the new kinds of user interfaces and apps that people now love on phones and tablets would be a big, exciting event that would help seal the deal. But there hasn't yet been a product that emphatically suggests the era of the traditional PC is fading.
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I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing.
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Talent is inborn, but technique is learned.
