Diane Ackerman Quotes
One of the keystones of romantic love - and also of the ecstatic religion practiced by mystics - is the powerful desire to become one with the beloved.
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I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.
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Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.
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For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.
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When I first moved to Los Angeles, I had a really bad run. I would sleep in my car during the day outside the Disney building in Burbank, and that's where I got my first job, which is really weird. I liked to stay around the studios and kind of get the good vibes going.
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Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
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There is always a certain glamour about the idea of a nation rising up to crush an evil simply because it is wrong. Unfortunately, this can seldom be realized in real life; for the very existence of the evil usually argues a moral weakness in the very place where extraordinary moral strength is called for.
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To travel? In order to travel it's enough to be. ... Why travel? In Madrid, in Berlin, in Persia, in China, at the Poles both, where would I be but in myself, and in the sort and kind of my sensations?Life is what we make of it. Travels are travellers. What we see is not what we see but what we are.
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My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.
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Old religious factions are volcanoes burnt out.
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I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the truth.
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I've always been very competitive, and I've always had this desire to win my entire life. I guess when it comes to being in the cage, especially, I just hate losing more than I like to win. The idea of someone beating me just doesn't sit well.
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Learn to see a problem from a higher level of understanding. Then, it dissolves before your eyes.
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The engagement of the EU and China is total. We are going to vote together on the resolution.
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We’re super fortunate in Pearl Jam to have such loyal fans...who really want to come & see us play.
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One of the keystones of romantic love - and also of the ecstatic religion practiced by mystics - is the powerful desire to become one with the beloved.
