Peter Ackroyd Quotes

To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that there are limits to human understanding.

Peter Ackroyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When I was 49, I posed for Playboy - I was very flattered to be asked. I was quite honoured, really, considering that most of the models they feature are in their twenties.

Joan Collins

TwentiesMostQuitePlayboyVery

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

Jeff Probst

ChangeMeYouSurprisesCannotMost

Football is in a guy's DNA. A primal thing. You should play it so you can talk about the glory days when you get older and drink Bud with the guys from the office. Get it done when you're young, while you have the chance.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

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One of the advantages of something like Slack is that I tap on the app icon, and it's just the people at my company and just the people I work with. There's a strong boundary there which aids in comprehension. It's one less molecule of glucose in my brain to manage it all.

Stewart Butterfield

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I'm confident that Senate Republicans will put up a very strong and valiant effort to continue doing what we're united around.

Tom Graves

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If your attention is on superfluous aspects that are not part of the story, then you can't be concentrating on the human realities of the piece.

Miguel Ferrer

StoryAttentionYouHumanYourPart

I am passionate about finding undiscovered and talented artists. I want to help those artists get to the next level and provide existing artists with a new way to reach fans. I wanted to partner with the Cutting Edge Group because they share my vision and have a proven track record in innovation in the music business.

Michelle Phan

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Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.

Ludwig von Mises

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I know that people don't listen to music much in the way when they'll put on a CD, sit down, have a drink or go on a car journey. People pick and choose and just listen to tracks. But when I make a record, I try to think about it as a 50 minute musical journey, so the mood is very important, as is the sequence of the songs.

Loudon Wainwright III

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There's nothing as real as money.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

MoneyNothingReal

I've always said I'm very happy at City.

David Silva

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Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

LoveMeYouWillTellWho

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