Diane Ackerman Quotes
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I don't drink at lunchtime because I'm very weak at alcohol like most Asians.
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It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.
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I have an older brother who is an actor as well.
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I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well.
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I stayed a virgin until I was 23. I didn't do drugs or drink or smoke.
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I like the effect drink has on me.
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General Hayden knows full well the powerful and invasive nature of metadata.
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Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them.
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Competition is good and has served us well.
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They who drink beer will think beer.
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Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.
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I don't think any relationship responds well to pressure.
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We all get paid very, very well, and we have responsibilities.
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Well, I don't want to become a prognosticator.
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Anything I do, I want to do it well.
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My stories deal with multicultural situations as well as multigenerational settings.
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We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.
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I'm a perfectionist. I won't do a thing without trying to do it well.
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I find that the old Roman baths of this quarter, were found covered by an old burying ground, belonging to the Abbey; through which, in all probability, the water drains in its passage; so that as we drink the decoction of the living bodies at the Pump-room, we swallow the strainings of rotten bones and carcasses at the private bath - I vow to God, the very idea turns my stomach!
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But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.
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In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible.
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I think whenever Ahmadinejad opens his mouth in forums, especially in front of the U.N. General Assembly, those that are listening, especially Western officials, European, American, even Chinese and Russian officials, I think, after listening to Ahmadinejad, they have even less confidence that there exists a mature political leadership in Iran which is amenable to some type of a diplomatic compromise.
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I knew from my television work that I could sit down and put words on paper but didn't know if I had the talent to tell a story in novel form.
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The well of nature is full today. Time to go outside and take a drink.
