Peter Ackroyd Quotes

To be a writer was always my greatest aim. I remember writing a play about Guy Fawkes when I was 10. I suppose it's significant, at least to me, that my first work should be about a historical figure.

Peter Ackroyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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You gotta remember: the record industry, in order for it to really thrive, has got to attract great people.

Jimmy Iovine

GreatPeopleRememberThriveYou

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

Jodie Foster

ArtResponsibilityPeopleThinkMore

I'm inspired by people who are unapologetically themselves, from Bill Cosby to Fahim Anwar. Just funny people.

Jerrod Carmichael

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Our values and way of life will prevail - terrorism will not.

John Linder

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The parents that we speak to, and the parents that are our customers, are very comfortable with the way that McDonald's fits into their lives.

Steve Easterbrook

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Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

Stephen King

LiveWinSometimesInsideRealUs

When women say that going on publications directed at men is somehow demeaning, I don't think that's true. I think that's one really effective way to change the societal standard women are held to.

Ronda Rousey

ChangeWomenMenThinkSayTrue

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

Martin Short

FatherPeopleThinkIrishJewish

When I came to Harvard, I was debating between math and science, and I guess I thought in the end I wanted something that could connect to the real world. I liked puzzle-solving and connections.

Lisa Randall

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If people can't acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that's their loss.

Jay Griffiths

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Although there's been a fighter before me called Mike Tyson, I'm my own Tyson. I'm Tyson Fury. I ain't trying to be anybody else.

Tyson Fury

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Nothing like falling in love with a dead actress to prove your sanity.

Jane Lynch

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