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You can’t reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.

Stephen Fry

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
STEPHEN FRY

Armchair Down Home Like Myself Occasionally Shop Smoke Think Wander Write
Now, bipolar disorder, it goes on a spectrum. There’s very severe conditions of it and there are milder ones. I’m lucky enough that it’s reasonably mild in my case.
STEPHEN FRY

Bipolar Condition Disorder Go Mider Now One Severe Spectrum
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.
STEPHEN FRY

Bound Happen Hard Labor Nineties Not Really Regret Someone Victory Work
Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.
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Film For Lot Me Out Take Walk
My father was all brain and little heart.
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All Brain Faith Heart Little War
Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word’s full octave.
STEPHEN FRY

Fight Five Full Love Octave Semitone Tone Word
Generally, we admire the thing we are not.
STEPHEN FRY

Admire Generally Not Thing We
I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.
STEPHEN FRY

All Any Experience Passion Reasonable Sense Think We
Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business – which at least does us all some good.
STEPHEN FRY

Business Entering Good Journalism Least Many Morem Think No People Sewage Some Would
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.
STEPHEN FRY

Always Amusingly Country Eccentric English Great Had People Person Respect
I think the fact that I’m so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn’t be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman – I’ll kiss a frog if you like.
STEPHEN FRY

Convince Difficult Fact Gay Known Make Relationship Screen Think Very Well Woman
I don’t need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.
STEPHEN FRY

Age Bladder Em Me Need Remind That
I’ve never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the beauty of looks and figure, which I cannot claim to have, there’s just a particular kind of ordinary-Joe quality that a film star needs to have.
STEPHEN FRY

Actor Being Certain Film Had Illusion Kind Lead
I don’t believe there is a God. If I were to believe in a god, l would believe in gods.
STEPHEN FRY

Believe Do God Not Would
When you’ve seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
STEPHEN FRY

Backward Cloth Do Exist Know Nude Seen Somersault
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.
STEPHEN FRY

Acor Always Change Idea Look Love No Someone Think

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