Diane Ackerman Quotes
... love is an act of sedition, a revolt against reason, an uprising in the body politic, a private mutiny.
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I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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I love talking about myself.
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I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.
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Basically, I want that relationship where we have that love. I love her so much, and she loves me so much that it's just - you want that relationship where you look into the girl's eyes, and you know that she's everything you've ever wanted. When I find that, I'm going to get it!
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The hardest times to choose love are the very times when you can most grow spiritually. In fact, they are the only times you can grow spiritually!
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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I would love to work with Jack White or Kanye West.
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I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life, I'd be Loretta Lynn.
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I love to bake. There's something very ritualistic about it, kind of magic.
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We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.
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I love De la Renta. I love CoSTUME National; I think they're just incredible. And I love Marc Jacobs, too - they're also great, just a great brand.
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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I love to meet the fans. I just get embarrassed with those who weep. I don't know what to do or what to say. It's a very embarrassing situation.
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I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.
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I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.
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Have pity, Lord, on those who love and are separated.
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"I guess I've been waiting so long I'm looking for perfection. That makes it tough." "Waiting for perfect love?" "No, even I know better than that. I'm looking for selfishness. Like, say I tell you I want to eat strawberry shortcake. And you stop everything you're doing and run out and buy it for me. And you come back out of breath and get down on your knees and hold this strawberry shortcake out to me. And I say I don't want it anymore and throw it out the window. That's what I'm looking for."
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This idea that failure is not an option: It makes failure invisible, inconceivable and inevitable.
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... love is an act of sedition, a revolt against reason, an uprising in the body politic, a private mutiny.
