John Dalberg-Acton Quotes

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

John Dalberg-Acton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 10, 1834 - June 19, 1902

Topics

LearningWritingReadingLearnMuch

I love getting to work with the stunt coordinator. It's like choreography, like a dance.

Jessica Stroup

WorkLoveDanceChoreographyStunt

The sound of water escaping from mill dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork, I love such things.

John Constable

LoveWaterSoundOldThingsRotten

Road trips to me are just such an escape. You listen to your music, and you roll the windows down. You're usually going to somewhere fun.

Amy Purdy

MusicFunMeRoadYouDown

For decades, we've worked under the assumption that mass culture follows a steadily declining path toward lowest-common-denominator standards, presumably because the 'masses' want dumb, simple pleasures and big media companies want to give the masses what they want.

Steven Johnson

PathCultureSimpleMediaDumbWant

We write about things that we've done or things that have happened to people around us.

Johnny Van Zant

PeopleDoneWriteThingsUsAround

I didn't used to think about politics much, or social issues. I was a teenager, writing about girls.

Conor Oberst

PoliticsWritingThinkSocial Issues

I always tell my players to find the fire within themselves.

Claudio Ranieri

FireFindAlwaysWithinTell

The most important thing I feel in the acting profession is to create a community that reflects you back to you.

Brian Tyree Henry

CommunityFeelYouActingCreate

I never wanted to be a celebrity writer. I wanted to be a good writer. I'm still trying to be a good writer. That's what gets me out of bed in the morning.

Thomas McGuane

GoodMorningMeTryingCelebrity

I don't know why other people are concerned about other people's lives that much.

Ricky Gervais

PeopleKnowWhyConcernedMuch

The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.

Nikita Khrushchev

PurposeSmallProtectSovereignty

If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one's self.

Lydia Lunch

TimeQualityPeopleThinkSelfNeed

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