Derek Jacobi Quotes

You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an older actor, you have to get through the Lear hoop. And I'm approaching the Lear hoop.

Derek Jacobi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 22, 1938

Topics

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I don't know much about auctions. I sometimes go to previews and see art sardined into ugly rooms. I've gawked at the gaudy prices, and gaped at well-clad crowds of happy white people conspicuously spending hundreds of millions of dollars.

Jerry Saltz

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The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.

Joe Torre

MeDoingYouSalarySatisfiedJust

We talk about institutions that are too big to fail - I think the story is as much about people who think they are too big to fail.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

PeopleStoryThinkTalkFailBig

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

Maya Angelou

HomePlaceGoSafeWhereUs

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.

Anita Baker

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It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak.

Michael Bolton

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Guess what, Beyonce? White people like your music, too. White people buy your songs on iTunes, memorize your lyrics, and admire your talent and beauty. Little white girls wanna be like you just as little black girls do, but instead of that, you'd rather perpetuate the great battle of the races.

Tomi Lahren

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Investing in more fossil fuel infrastructure will not strengthen our economy over the long-term, since the market is clearly indicating that clean energy sources are the future.

Tom Steyer

FutureEnergyWillCleanEconomy

The violence in society, I'm afraid, is perpetrated by the people at the top.

Rob Walton

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Long intros are cool because there's a little bit of anticipation, you know?

Miranda Lambert

MusicCoolLongYouKnowLittle

The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go.

Lord Byron

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I found in Rick Rubin a kindred soul. When I visited his home and looked in his library, I saw he was reading the very same New Age books I had picked up the month before.

Donovan

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