Peter Ackroyd Quotes
I don't know if I have a voice of my own. I don't see me being an important person with something to say. I haven't. I've got nothing to say. My opinion is of no consequence or value.
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The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
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When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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I'm my own hero on the sets; why should I work with other heroes? The Khans did not want to work with me when I started. Why should I work with them now?
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely.
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When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to hear, that you hope people don't say. I don't like anything that starts with 're' - like retro, reinvent, recreate - I hate that. It's always like living in the past - copying, emulating.
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I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.
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I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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If you try to follow everyone else's mold, you'll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.
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I debated in high school! If you told things that weren't true or just made things out of whole cloth, you were penalized. It's too bad they don't apply the same standards to presidential candidates as they do to high school students.
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My dad loves babies. He's really good with them and is a big family man.
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We do our work for Jesus and with Jesus. It's not a matter of praying some times and working others. We pray the work.
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Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.
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I don't know if I have a voice of my own. I don't see me being an important person with something to say. I haven't. I've got nothing to say. My opinion is of no consequence or value.
