Mal Peet Quotes

'Keeper' is about fathers, ultimately. and also conservation, commitment and ambition.

Mal Peet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 5, 1947 - March 2, 2015

Topics

CommitmentAmbitionConservationAlso

I think that's something a scientist can do because a scientist works at a border, at the edge of science, at the edge of knowledge, and so there's a lot of fun of reaching out and thinking about things that other people didn't think about. And so it has a kind of exploratory notion, kind of adventurous part in it.

Stefan Hell

KnowledgeScienceFunPeopleThink

There's no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.

Joyce Meyer

ThankfulPersonContentThanHappier

I'd like my epitaph to read 'Given the amount of time she had, she did the best job she could.' Also that I'm a nice person... and a good mother.

Dawn Steel

GoodMotherTimeBestJobPerson

Disruption is continuously afoot in every industry, but especially in autos. It is how Toyota, Nissan and Honda bloodied Detroit: They did not start their attack with Lexus, Infiniti and Acura, but with low-end subcompact models branded Corona, Datsun and CVCC.

Clayton M. Christensen

StartDetroitDisruptionIndustry

I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing.

Anne-Marie Duff

PainWritingThinkViolenceDrama

For true augmented reality, the display would have to dynamically focus, which would require additional hardware on the glasses to read your eye.

Pranav Mistry

FocusGlassesEyeRealityTrueYour

Everything has added up to a load that I'm getting tired of carrying. It's gotten so complicated. It's the three failed marriages, and having kids that grew up without me, and it's the personal criticism, of being Mr. Nice Guy, or of divorcing my wife by fax, all that stuff, the journalism, some of which I find insulting.

Phil Collins

WifeTiredMeCriticismJournalism

The Western, when I do one, will be one long, continuous story.

Sergio Aragones

StoryLongWillContinuousWestern

I'm just a softie at heart, a scaredy cat.

Sean Astin

HeartCatJust

What makes 'Derek' a different kind of sitcom - if it is even a sitcom - is its sincerity.

Ricky Gervais

KindSincerityDifferentEvenMakes

I'm pretty sure there is some genetic component towards intelligence.

Richard Dawkins

IntelligencePrettyGeneticSure

I've received many awards, but I'm most proud of the ones for my country's music.

Montserrat Caballe

MusicProudCountryAwardsMost

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