Stephen Fry Quotes
All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness
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I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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The Obama administration has been weak and inconsistent in enforcing immigration laws.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.
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My hope is that shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' open the door for even more of those kinds of characters for Asian actors and actresses.
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I don't want to do only blockbusters.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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A lot of money eliminates a category of worry. If your car breaks down, you're still going to get through the day. But it doesn't make you a happy person if you weren't a happy person before.
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I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.
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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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A few words about Sarah Palin: She is one of the most fascinating women I have ever met. She crackles with energy like a live electrical wire and on first meeting gets about three inches from your face.
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you are so great, and I am so small, I hardly can think of you, World, at all
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
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I used to do lots of independent films and for a while I was very content living in New York City and doing independent movies and off-Broadway theater. I loved it, I had a really good time doing that, and I worked on a lot of projects that are very dear to my heart, both plays and films.
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All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness
