Derek Jacobi Quotes

I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, 'Well if acting doesn't work for him, he can always become a history teacher or something.' Fortunately, the acting worked out.

Derek Jacobi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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It's shocking to think about how little the travel industry cares about sustainability - and it's the basis of their business!

Jochen Zeitz

BusinessTravelThinkSustainability

There are many stages of grief.

Jennifer Aniston

GriefManyStages

A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.

Mel Gibson

FamilyHomeChildrenWomanBuilding

Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.

John Malkovich

GreatDoingYouNothingMatters

The three books I've written in Florida about L.A. are my best takes on the physicality of the city, as far as description goes.

Michael Connelly

BestCityThreeFloridaBooksFar

It's quite fashionable to say that the educational system is broken. It's not broken. It's wonderfully constructed. It's just that we don't need it anymore.

Sugata Mitra

BrokenSayNeedSystemJustQuite

To realize President Obama's vision of opportunity for all, it's all about making the right match. The way we do that is through job-driven training - connecting ready-to-work Americans with ready to be-filled jobs. It helps more people secure a foothold in the middle class and helps businesses to profit and grow.

Tom Perez

OpportunityVisionTrainingPeople

Unless we get serious about addressing Iran's regional ambitions in places like Syria, then our allies are never going to be confident that we have a strategy for the region.

Tom Cotton

ConfidentStrategySeriousNeverGet

There isn't a fight that I'm in that I'm not asking the question, 'What could we have done to avoid this?' Or, 'What can we do to avoid this in the future in terms of the kinds of things that we see?'

Michael Mullen

FutureFightDoneSeeThingsAsking

I don't know if I see myself as an actress for the rest of my life.

Clemence Poesy

LifeMyselfRestMy LifeKnowSee

I've actually thought very little about solo work up until just very recently. Most of it is because in my band, Incubus, it is very much a collaborative effort. I do what I do in the band, and everyone plays their respective parts, but in the end, we are sort of a democratic process.

Brandon Boyd

WorkEffortThoughtProcessEndUp

I think zombies have always been an easy metaphor for hard times. Because they're this big, faceless, brainless group of evil things that will work tirelessly to destroy you and think of nothing else.

Seth Grahame-Smith

WorkEvilThinkEasyYouGroup

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