Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business – which at least does us all some good.
STEPHEN FRYPhilosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.
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Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.
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Because, let’s face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.
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I don’t need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.
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I don’t watch TV. I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
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They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we’re not 100 per cent human, that we’re always letting ourselves down. We’re constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.
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No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it’s always the thing that you look for. He is someone who starts off bright, cheerful and confident and then has everything taken away from him. It’s a wonderful journey to take.
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I’ve always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden’s animations.
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My parents were marvelously educated people.
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Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
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I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I’m getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I’m just trying not to get into that sort of state again.
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I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
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There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don’t offer ethical codes and standards by which to live your life.
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Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
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But happiness is no respecter of persons.
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Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.
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