Diane Ackerman Quotes
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
Tea Obreht -
If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
Damon Hill -
All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
Aaron Levie -
I've always enjoyed doing dishes. Maybe it was the fashionable yellow gloves that I loved so much. It's weird, I know, but I find cleaning cathartic.
Rachel Nichols -
I moved back to Tennessee in '86 or '87. That's when I worked with the Carter Family because I really wanted to understand my roots.
Carlene Carter
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I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one likes, and that is the criticisms, and the unfair criticisms, I might add, of my husband. But that's also just a fact of life in politics.
Laura Bush -
Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.
H. R. Giger -
I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.
Larry Hagman -
Es ist so bequem, unmündig zu sein. Habe ich ein Buch, das für mich Verstand hat, einen Seelsorger, der für mich Gewissen hat, einen Arzt, der für mich die Diät beurtheilt u. s. w., so brauche ich mich ja nicht selbst zu bemühen. Ich habe nicht nöthig zu denken, wenn ich nur bezahlen kann.
Immanuel Kant -
Is there a thinker apart from thought?
Jiddu Krishnamurti -
Rock n roll stops the traffic
Bono U2
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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
Bono U2 -
This obedience to the voice of the Earth is more important for our future happiness... than the desires of the moment.
Pope Benedict XVI -
The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.
Preet Bharara -
I didn't know anything about acting at all. I was completely green. I got into it to meet people, to try and figure out what I wanted to do.
Courtney B. Vance -
You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.
Robert James Ritchi -
The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.
Brian Greene
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Our task is to harness the God-given energy of this German nation to stand firm for the Truth.
Adolf Hitler -
I enjoy a good reasoned argument. I love the power of logic.
Luke Roberts -
A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
Zig Ziglar -
When I'm not shooting, I like to spend time with friends and family.
Amy Jackson -
The daftest logic brings such sweet unrest.
Diane Ackerman