Stephen Fry Quotes
When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
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Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. Actually, if you follow a formula, you will probably end up with a bad movie.
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It's critical to simplify and run the business in such a way that resources are released to invest in your main business.
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Don't hide behind the Constitution or the Bible. If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, 'I am a homophobe!'
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Malcolm X was the national spokesperson of the N.O.I., and he wasn't represented in their own newspaper for over a year.
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Compassion should be unbiased and based on the recognition that others have the right to happiness, just like you.
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But still try, for who knows what is possible?
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The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms.
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Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.
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Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.
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There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.
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IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.
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I always wear my hat backwards. That way, people can see my face.
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What happened after 9/11 - and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not - was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons....The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it.
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When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
