Stephen Fry Quotes
Life, that can shower you with so much splendour, is unremittingly cruel to those who have given up.
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Language should fulfill your individual existence as a wholesome human being... Language should be more than just getting by.
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One sin, I know, another doth provoke. Murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.
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I never considered myself an Americana artist, but I'm a huge fan of old-time music from the States, the recordings that were made in the '20s and '30s. Trying to chase down the exact stylistic trappings of that stuff always felt like a dead end. That spirit of directness and economy, but also the poetic pungency of the writing and almost ugly, or raw, performance - all that seemed like the real message. I've just tried to somehow stay true to that feeling.
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In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
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Let us defend the home as a place which is second only to the temple in holiness.
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The little I know of it has not served to raise my opinion of what is vulgarly called the Monied Interest; I mean, that blood-sucker, that muckworm, that calls itself the friend of government.
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The sense of duty pursues us ever.
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Sex is the great equalizer.
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The only thing worse than bad health is a bad name.
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When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for our use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will look upon with praise and thanksgiving in their hearts.
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He never once has made any emphasis on his last home game or his last game. It's just been status quo.
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Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
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The pain we feel When someone leaves our life is in direct proportion to the joy they bring while a part of our life for a few moments. In my life you made me feel as if I truly meant something to someone.
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In an age of social media and content being key, it's important to change the mold where you have $100,000 to $150,000 for one video. I hired some guys that are young, just out of college, and we used some new, far-less-expensive cameras and technology to make videos.
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The sound of the flute will cure epilepsyand sciatic gout.
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Life, that can shower you with so much splendour, is unremittingly cruel to those who have given up.
