613 Quotes by Stephen Fry

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    It was behaviour that I thought not far from racism, sexism or any other kind of prejudice or snobbery. 'Because you are not cute, I do not want to know you' was, to me, hardly different from suggesting 'because you are gay, I dislike you

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    I do think it's important not to be absolutely sure, so sure that you can't reinvent yourself in some way, or at least rediscover the truth of why you think what you think, and not just take it as an assumption.

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    It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.

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    It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there's an email, most of the time there's a letter, someone wants something of you.

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    At least 260 species of animal have been noted exhibiting homosexual behavior but only one species of animal ever, so far as we know, has exhibited homophobic behavior - and that's the human being.

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    I'm absolute attacking my own instinct for politeness, but I think I admire artists who just speak out or who are strong, so it's very hard.

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    This is the point. One technology doesn't replace another, it complements. Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.

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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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