Diane Ackerman Quotes
We tend to think of memories as monuments we once forged and may find intact beneath the weedy growth of years. But, in a real sense, memories are tied to and describe the present. Formed in an idiosyncratic way when they happened, they're also true to the moment of recall, including how you feel, all you've experienced, and new values, passions, and vulnerability. One never steps into the same stream of consciousness twice.
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Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
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I'm a very restless person. I'm always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
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I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
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On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego.
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The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.
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Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.
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Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I'd rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.
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I built a steel plant from the grassroots, so I learned all the nuts and bolts. When there was a problem, I would be able to guide them, though I am not a technical person.
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It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
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I have a wife and two boys. One is 18 and the other is 14. The 18-year old is getting ready for college next year and he made a decision to run track. He runs a lot like Michael Johnson.
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing. Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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This little bathtub smells like ass.24.
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All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.
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He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.
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I've been through a lot, both personally and professionally, and the album that I started to record two and a half years ago is a different album from the one that exists today. I even changed the album title. First it was 'All I Want is Everything,' and now it's 'Jumping Trains.'
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I saw what he went through. The crying, the screaming in pain, and how much it hurt. I watched that and feel in my heart that people shouldn't have to go through that.
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To escape from evil we must be made as far as possible like God; and the resemblance consists in becoming just and holy and wise.
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To share a story is in part to take ownership of it, especially because you are often able to comment on a story that you are sharing on social media.
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We tend to think of memories as monuments we once forged and may find intact beneath the weedy growth of years. But, in a real sense, memories are tied to and describe the present. Formed in an idiosyncratic way when they happened, they're also true to the moment of recall, including how you feel, all you've experienced, and new values, passions, and vulnerability. One never steps into the same stream of consciousness twice.
