"Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave."

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Source : Stephen Fry (2011). “Moab Is My Washpot”, p.226, Soho Press

Stephen Fry

#Eight Quotes #Tone Quotes #Comedy Quotes

“Thinking without constructive action becomes a disease.”
“I endeavor to shine a light on what's happening behind closed doors in the back-door deal making that so many Americans understand is going on but they don't quite understand how or why, but they know that our elected leaders are lying to us.”
“Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't feel it.”
“It feels like a rash. It suddenly seems like I've got a contagion of diseases, I mean awards. But it's nice, it's a nice feeling. It's so weird, because I'm only 46. A lifetime Achievement award... it feels like 'I'm not over yet'. I hope they're not trying to say it's time to stop. I'm only just getting the gist of it.”
“You know what, I don't really watch a lot of cooking shows, but what's great about them is that it inspires a lot of the younger generation so, you know, with cooking shows and reality shows and the social media, I think it really makes our industry a hotter industry.”
“We stand united, facing the big responsibility to change our country into a nation of justice, solidarity, humanity and green development.”
“Strange times are these, in which we live, forsooth ; When young and old are taught in Falsehood's school:â€“ And the man who dares to tell the truth, Is called at once a lunatic and fool.”
“When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.”

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