"The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is."

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Source : Stephen Fry (2012). “The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography”, p.54, The Overlook Press

Stephen Fry

#People Quotes #Care Quotes #Failing Quotes

“We have to compete in a universe of 200 networks, so we have to carve out our own niche, and to me, that niche is just basic shoe-leather journalism with some good journalists at the helm you can trust as presenters”
“The mind alone can not be exiled. [Lat., Mens sola loco non exulat.]”
“If you want Shaq to be Shaq, you've got to remember that Shaq is known for wreaking havoc offensively - 26,000-plus points without consistently making free throws. Don't have me doing something I'm not used to doing. I ain't used to being a pick-setter. Let me badda-bing, badda-bang.”
“I started to study the flute in 1951. The flute has been utilized by African-American musicians as far back as the early Twenties. If you take a look at some of the old pictures of Chick Webb, then you will see the flute right there on the bandstand among the woodwinds.”
“Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has found his niche in making the sound of solitude a triumphant experience, like Good Will Hunting: The Musical.”
“I love the idea of rectitude.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We owe to our Mother-Country the Duty of Subjects but will not pay her the Submission of Slaves.”
“Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.”

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