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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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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Nobody but an idiot would pretend that they had an error-proof way of choosing the 'best' out of hundreds of perfectly qualified applicants - not for university or for anything.
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Kyokoshin I've done most, but I competed in Sports Karate also, that's my style that I come from, and mixed with the wrestling that's how I got the takedowns.
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To buy TV time and bypass the usual filters between the public and political figures, are very powerful devices that people can use to attract attention, attract voters. And get influence in our society.
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I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe. Greeks, especially on the islands, have shown extraordinary compassion and they've rightly earned the admiration of the world.
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No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic.
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I don't think there's a subject matter that can't absorb 3-D; that can't tolerate the addition of depth as a storytelling technique.
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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.
