Stephen Fry Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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The point is to raise your voice and be heard to God. You really are just celebrating being in the presence of other people that believe the same things you believe.
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Pop music - what used to be known as rock music, a loud novelty - can be something more than a pointless, artificial diversion.
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My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
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Prayer is simple, as simple as a child making known its wants to it parents.
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The advantages of whiskey over dogs are legion. Whiskey does not need to be periodically wormed, it does not need to be fed, it never requires a special kennel, it has no toenails to be clipped or coat to be stripped. Whiskey sits quietly in its special nook until you want it. True, whiskey has a nasty habit of running out, but then so does a dog.
