Derek Jacobi Quotes

It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it was physically arduous - especially when you were working late at night.

Derek Jacobi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NightHorseYouLateDangerousOff

I could have probably raised them in L.A. and they would have been great and had so many things at their fingertips and been exposed to so many things. But we travel a lot, so I don't think that moving out of town is sheltering the girls at all. Maybe protecting them a little bit more, trying to prolong their youth.

Jennie Garth

GreatTravelYouthMovingThinkOut

I strongly believe in a free market, and it is great when companies make money and pay their people well.

John Delaney

GreatMoneyPeopleFreeBelievePay

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

John Keats

FailGreatestWouldThanSooner

I'm always suspicious of people who repent of other people's sins.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

PeopleAlwaysWhoSinsSuspicious

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Stendhal

GreatStyleSimpleMindsGreat Minds

When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance.

Spalding Gray

HealthPeopleMeInsuranceHollywood

Everything in Wagner's work - the music, the acting, the staging - stemmed from the text. Everything served to interpret the text.

Robert Wilson

WorkMusicActingEverythingText

I do believe - I very strongly believe that the Arab nations would be willing to put together an Arab NATO-like structure.

Michael T. Flynn

TogetherBelieveStructureWilling

Physical labor, manual labor - if you can stay close to those folks, there's always plenty to write about, 'cause their issues are real issues.

Jason Isbell

YouLaborWriteRealAlwaysStay

During the writing of all of my books, I've learned that, most of all, people want to know that someone is listening and - this is the tricky part - remembering.

Doug Stanton

PeopleListeningWritingSomeone

For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.

Bob Riley

TogetherPoliticsUnityPrideLong

As an actor, these kinds of big-comedic-centerpiece characters is just one thing that I love to do.

Ari Graynor

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