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.
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With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
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I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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I think when you see 'Ridiculous Six,' the show speaks for itself in terms of its treatment of American Indians.
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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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I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.
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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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As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass or does it come in like honey?
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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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My son is a Liverpool fan, and he was already kicking a ball before he was one. He was born in the football city; he had no choice.
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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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Take to the study of the law. Possession is nine points of it, which thou hast of me. Self-possession is the tenth.
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My first true lesson in writing came from Mr. Bowden when I was 16. At my high school, he was the teacher known to be the very best at literature and writing.
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We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.
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The right type of [leader] is democratic. He must not consider himself a superior sort of personage. He must actually feel democratic; it is not enough that he try to pose as democratic-he must be democratic, otherwise the veneer, the sheen, would wear off, for you can't fool a body of intelligent American workingmen for very long. He must ring true.
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The entrepreneurial bug had already bitten my son Ankur by the time he got to college. As a lifelong entrepreneur, I certainly didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm by telling him he couldn't do it, but I also wanted to make sure it was balanced with the proper attention to his studies.
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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.
