We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - — Stephen Fry
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We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - and I never know what I'm going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.

— Stephen Fry
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