To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions. I want this, but need that. I cherish this, but I adore its opposite too.
STEPHEN FRYBut happiness is no respecter of persons.
More Stephen Fry Quotes
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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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If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you’ll find it.
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As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it’ll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.
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There is so much we can learn from TV. It’s a window on the world.
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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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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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My father was all brain and little heart.
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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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Generally, we admire the thing we are not.
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I don’t watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
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Happiness is no respecter of persons.
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You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.
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Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business – which at least does us all some good.
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An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
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But if one could go back in time, I’d love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, who’s one of my great heroes. One of the greatest directors there ever was. He directed probably one of the greatest westerns of all time in ‘Rio Bravo’.
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