Stephen Rea Quotes

I'm not in denial about technology, but my mother used to say when I was a kid, 'Son, you're handless,' because I couldn't fix anything. My ambition is to be a Luddite.

Stephen Rea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

Andrew Carnegie

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A lot of people thought my career was over. If you're not releasing records, then something must be wrong. Either the record company doesn't like your music, or you've been dropped. It has to something negative. It's not like you wanted to take a break, or want some balance, or smell the roses.

Maxwell

MusicBalancePeopleNegativeRoses

Fire made us human, fossil fuels made us modern, but now we need a new fire that makes us safe, secure, healthy and durable.

Amory Lovins

FireNewHealthyNowHumanNeed

There's a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you're trying to maintain a position. Apart from anything else that really takes the fun out of it.

Sissy Spacek

MountainCreativeFunRisksKing

I'm very respectful of people's views. I know that they're deeply held, and I'd like to hope that people are respectful of my deeply held views.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

HopePeopleKnowLikeRespectful

I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts.

Rosanna Arquette

HeartThinkWorryYouArtistTrue

To play 'Tetris' is to knowingly opt in to something that has no end and no way of winning.

Mary Pilon

WinningEndPlayWaySomething

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.

Bono

StarsPeopleMeSillyYouMad

Israel is part of the free world led by the United States, no matter what.

Tzipi Livni

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Jeff Eastin is good in that he'll tell me a plot twist that's coming up if he thinks it would be something Peter would know ahead of time, and if it's something that would be a surprise to Peter, I'll tell Jeff, 'Oh, don't tell me. I don't want to know.' And then it's exciting to read it and exciting to play it.

Tim DeKay

GoodTimeMeSurprisePlayKnow

I had some training on how to cope with hostage-taking.

Richard Engel

TrainingCopeSomeHowHad

With English literature, if you do a bit of shonky spelling, no one dies, but if you're half-way through a maths calculation and you stick in an extra zero, everything just crashes into the ravine.

Mark Haddon

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