Peter Ackroyd Quotes

Thomas More rarely discussed his siblings, and two of them are never mentioned by him. It is likely that they were part of that infant mortality which had provoked such concern for early baptism.

Peter Ackroyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 5, 1949

Topics

BaptismEarlyMoreNeverHimTwo

I think the people who cast films tend to think of me in regard to strong women with integrity and a lot of it has been very good.

Joan Allen

GoodWomenIntegrityPeopleMeBeen

I was traumatized by a lot of childhood stuff. I felt that I was bad somewhere, starting with my birth.

Joel Grey

ChildhoodBadBirthStartingStuff

If you want to slice into America, it's pretty red, white, and blue in terms of how it goes about things, but there's a gray area there, and I've always been interested in where things are complicated.

Robert Redford

RedBlueAmericaYouWhiteWant

If I don't get food in my mouth, I'm still happy. If my pants are round my ankles, as long as I don't get arrested for indecent exposure, I'm happy. I'm worried about keeping my hair, not how it's combed.

Michael J. Fox

FoodHappyHairLongMouthPants

I really fell in love with Africa.

Jean M. Auel

LoveAfricaReallyFell

I thought maybe I would become a god, or a goddess, or a president or a Nobel Prize winner.

Amelie Nothomb

GodThoughtWinnerGoddessBecome

The basic idea of Games With a Purpose is that we are taking a problem that computers cannot yet solve, and we are getting people to solve it for us while they are playing a game.

Luis von Ahn

PurposePeopleGameComputersGames

I was making a lot of momentous personal decisions. I was still very very young: when the prize was awarded, I was 33; the work I had done when I was 21.

Joshua Lederberg

WorkDecisionsDoneYoungPersonal

I have a foundational belief that business results start with culture and your people.

Douglas Conant

BusinessCulturePeopleStartBelief

The benefits of Umuganda are not merely economic. The day is intended to build community involvement and strengthen cohesion between persons of different background and levels. One such a benefit is that people can access authorities to articulate their needs and voice opinions on various issues.

Clemantine Wamariya

CommunityDayPeopleVoiceOpinions

I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed.

Ava DuVernay

WomanBlackWishCameraShoulder

A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go back. The story in a book is humble and serviceable, available, friendly, is not switched on and off but taken up and put down, lasts a lifetime.

William Golding

HumbleActionBookStoryChooseGo

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