"Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that goes by without violent rioting of one kind or another. They happen so frequently that they are almost part of London's texture."

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Source : "Peter Ackroyd: 'Rioting has been a London tradition for centuries'". The Monday Interview with Andy McSmith, www.independent.co.uk. August 21, 2011.

Peter Ackroyd

#Years Quotes #Age Quotes #Texture Quotes

“As Barbara Streisand discovered, adopting a militaristic posture against a tech-savvy mob of civil libertarians is not going to be of much help: Many of them run their own servers and blogs - and have thousands of friends on their social networks - so overzealous attempts to silence them only lead to wider dissemination of sensitive information.”
“What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an accomplice.”
“I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, & am content.”
“I figured anybody who talked about church as much as she did was using it a little like cocaine anyhow.”
“The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.”
“The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.”
“What's genius? I don't know but I do know that the difference between a madman and a professional is that a pro does as well as he can within what he has set out to do and a madman does exceptionally well at what he can't help doing.”
“It would be nice to really shed the corsets.”

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