Peter Ackroyd Quotes

I enjoyed reading and learning at school, and at university I enjoyed extending my reading and learning. Once I left Cambridge, I went to Yale as a fellow. I spent two years there. After that, George Gale made me literary editor of 'The Spectator.'

Peter Ackroyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LearningSchoolMeReadingTwoLeft

I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what it's like to lose a beloved parent.

Simone Elkeles

ParentLoseLostKnowLikeYounger

Once you start putting in political subtext, it does create intellectually challenging science-fiction, but with 'Pacific Rim,' I always thought it would be a shame if kids couldn't go see this movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters because it seemed to have a political point of view.

Travis Beacham

StartThoughtFightingPoliticalYou

I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

Miguel Syjuco

MyselfSurpriseDeadUpSomewhere

I had hoped you would protest, but please don't argue.

Lotte Lehmann

YouProtestWouldArguePleaseHad

In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.

Diane Abbott

DebateCountryDecideGoingLaws

Why can't I just be a running back?

DeAngelo Williams

BackWhyJustRunningJust Be

I'm here to break boundaries, man. That's all. I'm here to be the first so that the people after me don't have to think twice about expressing themselves and being free.

ASAP Rocky

ManPeopleMeFreeThinkFirst

My inbox and doormat are full with emails and letters from people who want me to endorse their Higgs board game or to inaugurate the walkway of their new office atrium. There's even a microbrewery in Barcelona which wants to know what my favourite beer is so they can brew a similar one in my honour. It is quite mad.

Peter Higgs

BeerPeopleMeGameMadKnow

When the NBA adopted their uniform that they had to wear, I thought that was very interesting. And you see the way NBA players dress: It's very cool.

Tom Brady

DressCoolThoughtInterestingYou

Most people would agree that the E.U. is too bureaucratic, not transparent or democratic enough and that it often interferes too much in matters that are best left to national governments.

Nicola Sturgeon

BestPeopleEnoughToo MuchMatters

Love stories seek to demonstrate the great truth of love: that we discover eternity in a moment that dies immediately after.

Richard Flanagan

LoveTruthGreatMomentEternity

Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them.

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

FaithResponsibilityEqualityPlace

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