Stephen Fry Quotes
All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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I'm not one of these people who want to tear down our heroes and that kind of thing.
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During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people's careers. I thought the next step was to be a movie star. I kept saying no to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot.
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I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.
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I don't personally have a sense that life starts at conception. I don't personally have that sense.
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In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
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There's five cameras, I don't know how many people in the audience... depending on where we're taping, there can be anywhere from 300 to 5,000 people, so the contestants are nervous.
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I think it's absolutely about time that we have as many female leads as male. It's a very exciting time to be an actress.
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What would ultimately de-escalate the challenges of society would be for people to get educated, especially for more women to be educated because when more women are educated, they invest much more of their time and income in ensuring that the next generation would perform even more than they have done.
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One characteristic that I hope I never relinquish is an intense curiosity about the world around me.
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The medical professionals are a lot more comfortable calling it 'depression' than calling it 'loneliness.'
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The people considered the most in need of protection were women and children. The sex considered most disposable was men – or males....
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When you see the sacrifices that your parents make for you, you want to do well for them.
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We want a faithful Catholic businessman not to have to provide a service he finds unethical.
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There were always plenty of newspapers in the house. 'The Times', 'Guardian', 'Daily Telegraph' and 'Daily Mail' were all regular fixtures on the coffee table. I used to enjoy reading 'The Times' editorial pages and the 'Daily Mail' sports pages.
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I remember my mother taking me as a very little kid to the roof of our home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to look at the bombs exploding in the distance. She didn't want us to be scared by the booms and the strange flashes of light. It was her way of helping us to understand what was happening.
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There ain't a note that I play on stage that can’t be traced back directly to my mother and father.
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I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death. But I know that at his last moment, when he opened his eyes, eyes that had not opened for many, many days, and looked at my mother, he showed us that neither disease nor death can conquer love.
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I was at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver for four years, and I loved it.
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I tend not to look at my work after I've done it. In fact, the only time I typically get to review it is when the fans bring up comics at shows, and I kind of flip through it and be like, 'Oh, I remember doing this!'
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All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say.
