Steven Berkoff Quotes

We often find far more power in a symbol than in something that is an an actuality.

Steven Berkoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 3, 1937

Topics

PowerFindMoreSomethingFarThan

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

Andre Maurois

MenDesireMindsMoreEventsOpen

I grew up always thinking that fighting for justice was our obligation, whether that's giving your voice to something, serving as a verbal advocate for someone, or physically being in spaces or occupying space to make and create change.

Angela Rye

ChangeJusticeSpaceVoiceThinking

Making a movie takes a toll on your life because it's a commitment, so you put a lot on the back burner.

Michael Eklund

LifeCommitmentYouBackBecause

When dealing with American politics, you try to follow the money, and that's where it leads you. It doesn't take you to the electoral college or to Princeton. It takes you down the darker alleys of American life.

Roger Morris

LifeMoneyPoliticsCollegeAmerican

Between 1999 and 2009, the people of Baltimore achieved the greatest reduction in crime of America's largest cities.

Martin O'Malley

PeopleAmericaCrimeGreatestCities

Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out... otherwise, you just get the back of someone's head playing music you could hear on a CD. It's not enough anymore.

Marvin Hamlisch

MusicSomeoneEnoughYouBackNow

I like to explore different ideas of race, how the concept of race has evolved in the country. It's one thing I enjoy talking about, but I don't feel compelled to talk about it.

Colson Whitehead

IdeasFeelTalkingEnjoyCountry

Capitalism and people who control the market have a large hand in everything. It doesn't have anything to do with figuring out what the crowd wants to hear. It has to do with the media deciding what they think people want to hear.

Boots Riley

PeopleControlCapitalismThinkWant

The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'

Bruce Dickinson

StartBetterYouWantAviationJoke

I love the theater, I'd love to work in theater at some point, but I grew up with movies being something that I just clung to.

Anya Taylor-Joy

WorkLoveMoviesPointUpSomething

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

Aubrey Plaza

Puerto RicoGrandfatherOverEnglish

My husband is old-fashioned and kind, he does the greatest Sinatra impression, and I'd never have written anything if he hadn't read all those bedtime stories and unloaded the dishwasher while I slaved over chapters.

Allison Pearson

HusbandKindNeverOverAnythingHe

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