Derek Jacobi Quotes
Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and he loved actors.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
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What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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I didn't like my hair and makeup one time on a photo shoot, and my publicist told me, 'You should just be happy with it - they haven't had a black girl on the cover since forever.' She's no longer my publicist.
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When you've got children, it's easy to do that thing of keeping a tally of who woke up earliest and whose turn it is to put them to bed. But I think the important thing is to appreciate and love each other and to show that appreciation.
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When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.
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I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life.
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People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
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I just don't let music genres define me.
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You have to like the characters you play.
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Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
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At about an age when most children start full time schooling, hundreds of thousands of their contemporaries start a lifetime of drudgery in factories and fields, working 12-16 hours daily.
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I'm an eccentric English actor, and there's a lot of us around.
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... it is now only in letters I write what I feel: not in literature any more, and I seldom say it, because I keep trying to be amusing.
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I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.
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New York City is my favorite city in the world.
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Really, what matters in the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them.
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A lot of people don't know the first time I was ever on national television I was a 'Soul Train' dancer.
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If two people have the same opinion, one is unnecessary. ... I don't want to talk, to communicate, with someone who agrees with me; I want to communicate with you because you see it differently. I value that difference.
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Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and he loved actors.
