Derek Jacobi Quotes

Originally they wanted it to be bigger, but I pleaded and pleaded and pleaded to have the smallest tonsure that they could get away with. A tonsure that could still be seen, but, I worried about my social life!

Derek Jacobi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeBiggerSocialSeenSocial Life

In a lot of ways, the real learning at RISD happened after-hours when you're working side by side with your colleagues.

Joe Gebbia

LearningColleaguesYouRealSide

People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.

Joan Jett

PeopleYouPraiseSincereTakeVery

The stories we tell about each other matter very much. The stories we tell ourselves about our own lives matter. And most of all, I think the way that we participate in each other's stories is of deep importance.

Jessica Jackley

DeepThinkWayMatterTellOwn

If you can't laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.

Johanna Lindsey

AngryLaughYouWillOwnGet

Online harassment, especially gendered online harassment, is an epidemic. Women are being driven out; they're being driven offline. This isn't just in gaming. This is happening across the board online, especially with women who participate in or work in male-dominated industries.

Anita Sarkeesian

WorkWomenGamingOutHarassment

I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match and I saw Jack trying to break into this refrigerator in the lounge, drunk out of his brain, and I didn't know what to say.

Andy Partridge

FootballBrainDoingTryingDrunk

Getting older has been a bonus for me. I feel lucky that parts are being written for someone my age and I am around to play them.

Siobhan Finneran

AgeGetting OlderI AmMeSomeone

No, Islam did not free African-Americans from slavery, not in Africa and not in Europe or America. Evangelical Christianity did that.

Tom Tancredo

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Saliva has antibacterial properties. It also has things called nerve growth factor, skin growth factor, histatins which help with wound closure. So when you see an animal licking a wound or even a mom kissing a child's boo-boo, there's some, there's some good science behind why one might do this.

Mary Roach

GoodGrowthScienceAnimalChild

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

Miguel de Cervantes

WorldSayGrandmotherOldTwoUsed

I want to be a part of the stories that need to be told.

Lucy Fry

WantNeedStoriesPart

I'm not what you'd call a Method actor.

Bob Newhart

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