Stephen Fry Quotes
I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind.
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The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.
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In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn't mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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I just cannot imagine why anyone would want to be really famous. You go to a restaurant and people are pointing at you and they talk about you and they whisper and it is very disconcerting; it is a very odd feeling.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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I don't want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington. And if people have an opinion, it's a religious opinion that is heartly felt, obviously they should be allowed to practice that, and no government should interfere with them.
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Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.
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I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.
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Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time I've got left, I intend to write artistic books - for kids - because they're still open to new ideas.
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People want to imagine I spend every night going to premieres and putting on frocks and getting into limos, and yet I do that maybe twice a year, if that.
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Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.
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It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
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I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.
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There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
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'In My Hands,' the title track, is my very first vocal attempt, and I'm not a singer as such. But I've always wanted to express myself vocally on my albums, and I don't really have much of a capability for singing. The strength is in, I think, the lyrics and just speaking. It just comes from inside.
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I don't know what the future holds, but I know that God holds tomorrow, so it is exciting. Even when I have hard things happen, He loves me so big, so much. I come through it and I grow from it, because He has got me.
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It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.
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My approach every game is to try to keep the ball down and get ground ball outs.
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Some dreams truly are 'impossible dreams.' However, many aren't. Knowing the difference is often one of the first steps to finding your element, because if you can see the chances of making a dream come true, you can also likely see the necessary next steps you need to take toward achieving it.
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It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me do well in the theater.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind.
