Stephen Fry Quotes

Just as it is the love of money that is the root of all evil, it is the belief in shamefulness that is the root of all misery.

Stephen Fry

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• I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.

  

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• It's a blessing to have fans acknowledging your craft, period.

  

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• If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

  

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• As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.

  

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• My wife will tell you it's the little things, like driving my boys to school on my days off so she can rest. We're not into PDA, but every time we end a phone conversation, we say 'sarang,' which means love in Korean.

  

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• The struggle to conquer oppression in our country is the weaker for the traditionalist, conservative, and primitive restraints imposed on women by man-dominated structures within our movement, as also because of equally traditionalist attitudes of surrender and submission on the part of women.

  

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• I booked my first series when I was 13. Acting kind of took control because I was just going from part to part at that point.

  

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• Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.

  

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• We have been shaken by the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and Tamir Rice - shaken, but not sufficiently unsettled. We must contextualize those losses, force our neighbors to become so deeply disturbed by what has occurred that they, too, are inspired to act to change the system.

  

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• Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.

  

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• Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.

  

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• I really like guys who have confidence, but not the cocky over-the-top confidence.

  

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• I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.

  

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• Not only were the minds of artists formed by the university; in the same mold were formed those of the art historians, the critics, the curators, and the collectors by whom their work was evaluated. With the rise of Conceptual art, the classroom announced its final triumph over the studio.

  

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• I think living well is the key: trying not to build up regrets for the things we didn't do in our lives; to try to live a regret-free life in which we feel satisfied in what we're doing; and to try to be kind to ourselves and not disappointed in ourselves.

  

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• What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

  

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• Well, Mr. Baldwin, this is a pretty kettle of fish!

  

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• Gaining insight into one's underlying motives, it seems, is more like a belief conversion than a self-discovery process.

  

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• God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.

  

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  • God
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• Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.

  

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  • Evil
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• Just as it is the love of money that is the root of all evil, it is the belief in shamefulness that is the root of all misery.

  

  Stephen Fry
  • Evil
  • Belief
  • Misery