Stephen Fry Quotes
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We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
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I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.
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'Adbusters' is my favourite reading material, so as soon as you go there, the synapses start firing in a different way. You start taking on things that sometimes I feel are out of our control. That's what basically fuels my creative side.
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Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always they have been brought to this retirement by their insufficiency and against their will.
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At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I had won many tournaments. To be an athlete was my first choice. Second choice: designer. However! There was more money in being a designer at that time.
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The world in which we live is the only world about which our senses can testify.
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Why does every girl in the world wanna date me? Especially right now man, especially when I'm busy!
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A river reaches places which its source never knows. And Jesus said that, if we have received His fullness, "rivers of living water" will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even "to the end of the earth" regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be.
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We were mighty short of infielders in those days
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Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless.
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It took a lot of courage to take the high road, but I would rather be significant with six million people watching a show with meaning, than everyone watching a show with no meaning.
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Medals are decided by hundredths of a second, so I need assurance that my vision is perfect every time I compete, no matter what the conditions.
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I'm pretty mutable as a human being, period - if you put me on Pluto, I can figure it out.
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I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so.
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You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way.
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Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of decisive action.
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If I have to wear a hat as a producer to do that, then I'm willing to do that. An actor's, producer's and director's point-of-view is all the same to me, as long as the story's being told.
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Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention.
