Stephen Rea Quotes

I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting.

Stephen Rea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: October 31, 1946

Topics

ActingKnowWhyStillHooked

For the son of immigrants to run for elected office, not even a generation after my parents got here, that's what makes America a great place.

Jimmy Gomez

SonGreatParentsGenerationAmerica

Women can achieve power and purpose in whatever profession they pursue, position they hold or whether they are caring for their children full time.

Melanne Verveer

WomenPowerChildrenTimePurpose

What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced by society and acquired from it.

Jean-Francois Lyotard

KnowledgeSocietyFunctionDifferent

Presley is country music, white music. Jazz is black music - it was invented by the blacks in New Orleans. And I'm really a jazz singer. I was impressed with Elvis - he was the handsomest guy I ever met in my life, and a very nice person, too. But the music doesn't impress me.

Tony Bennett

LifeMusicMeBlackMy LifePerson

Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose.

Tom Shadyac

DeathPurposeClarityMy OwnOwn

I was born in Japan and moved to L.A. when I was six, and I grew up with Japanese culture. I was reading manga, and I read 'Death Note' in real time in Japanese.

Masi Oka

TimeCultureDeathReadingBornUp

To suggest that organic vegetables, which cost far more than conventional produce, can feed billions of people in parts of the world without roads or proper irrigation may be a fantasy based on the finest intentions. But it is a cruel fantasy nonetheless.

Michael Specter

RoadsPeopleWorldVegetablesMore

HSNi Cares was established in 2010 with a mission to empower women and support children and families in need locally, nationally, and globally.

Mindy Grossman

WomenChildrenSupportMissionNeed

Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.

Jon Meacham

SecurityOthersDisasterTakeSocial

I don't tend to go out that much.

Dominic Monaghan

GoOutMuchTend

My grandfather was a Tuskegee Airman. He flew with the 100th Fighter Squadron.

Cheo Hodari Coker

GrandfatherFighterHeFlewSquadron

In our personal lives, we have a lot of businesses going on. I have a profession, I'm a father, a spouse, a good member of my community. How much of my time and energy can I allocate to each of those things? What I allocate becomes the strategy I have for my family, and everything else.

Clayton M. Christensen

FamilyGoodFatherCommunityTime

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