Diane Ackerman Quotes
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I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
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Acting was a slow-burn thing. I found it was something I really, really liked doing, but it wasn't until my third year at drama school that I actually thought, 'Oh, right, I'm trained for this now; I'd better see if I can do it.'
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If I have to go to New York or something, I'll bring my books and read and do homework. It's not really a big deal.
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I don't know how many more times I'll be in New England again. But I leave coach Belichick and those guys with a salute: 'I love you guys. I miss you. I'm out.'
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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In school, I was Martha in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' I loved that.
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I remember how much fun it was to pick out my lunchbox. My all-time favorite lunch box was from the movie 'Annie.' Also, I loved picking out school supplies! Trapper Keepers were my favorite.
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The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points.
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I always love listening to Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my favorite albums.
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I love Chicago.
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A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.
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You're not sick you're just in love.
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Rihanna is always on my playlist. I think she pumps you up and gets the day going. I also love - and I know this doesn't sound like a workout album - the Lumineers, lately, and Taylor Swift.
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Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, I sought to avoid it through an assignment to the Public Health Service.
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I fell in love with the whole process of making a movie. I loved the sets. I loved watching the actors and the crew.
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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
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When I was in primary school, my best friend was a boy and we always goofed around, climbed trees, got holes in my trousers and muddied all my tops and things like that; a complete nightmare for the washing, but great fun.
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I went to a high school that taught me to be more worldly. The whole curriculum was very globally based. We learned a lot about other cultures and reflected on them.
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I gave away the Irish dancing, which is pivotal. It's just so silly and fun and nice to do because it kind of lifts the energy for us, right at the point where the energy could start to take a nose dive.
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You have to be delusional to get into this business, you know?
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We shouldn't any of us be afraid of teaching protective measures to save lives.
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Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.
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Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful.
