Derek Jacobi Quotes
Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.
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There's always going to be a part of me that worries about not looking as slim as other actresses.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
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Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.
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That's been the most exciting part of the show - incorporating the magic and the acrobats and the singing and dancing to make our 'Pippin.'
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Johnny Carson was a big influence on me - all of those shows I did with him over the years, like, 100 of them, they made a bit of a name for me at the time, so that part of my life was very good.
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I always imagined that I would learn something each time that I would take to a new project, then I realized that each new project poses a completely different challenge.
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I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.
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Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.
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Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.
