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
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
Dani Shapiro -
Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
Narendra Modi -
Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
Walter Gropius -
Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.
Ralph Fiennes -
There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
Pat Meehan -
Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
Earl Campbell
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I'm pagan.
V. E. Schwab -
I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.
Tahmoh Penikett -
Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
Earl Nightingale -
Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond of custard in any shape or form.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
Yoshihiko Noda -
We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
Hansie Cronje -
Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Balthazar has a great New York vibe with the accent of a Parisian brasserie. I usually have the corned beef hash with a fried egg on top and wash it all down with Krug Champagne.
Daniel Boulud -
To be honest, I owned one suit before I filmed 'Mad Men' - the one suit that you have to have as an adult. Outside of that, I never really felt comfortable in a suit.
Aaron Staton -
Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads.
Gary Neville -
To have three movies coming out at the same time - I probably will never have that again in my life.
Scoot McNairy
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There certainly are some good aspects to Common Core.
Randy Hultgren -
Our economy's growth functions by inciting us to produce more and more with each passing year. In turn, we require cultural forms to enable us to sort through the glut, and our rituals are once again directed towards the immaterial, towards quality and not quantity.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief.
Karen Maitland -
I've always loved spy stories. Who can resist?
Gayle Lynds -
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