Diane Ackerman Quotes
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I want to play interesting women.
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I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.
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Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough.
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You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'
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I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.
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Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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I'm just a worker.
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I only know what I read in the papers.
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For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.
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Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.
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Never should an unfamiliar word be passed over without elucidation, for, with a little conscientious research, we may each day add to our conquests in the realm of philology and become more and more ready for graceful independent expression.
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I am hoping for a long career.
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The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.
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The older supermodels sometimes don't agree with the fact there is a new generation of models. We're not saying we're supermodels. I'd rather people look at us as businesspeople, and, yes, modeling is our business right now, but we're not trying to take anybody's spot, and we're not trying to discredit the past.
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Hema ji is a dedicated artist and a perfectionist who continues to rehearse on her lines till she gets them right.
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I'm a fan of action movies.
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I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.
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An appreciation of animals is good for a human, it can lead to a better understanding and respect for all living things.
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There is in every animal's eye a dim image and gleam of humanity, a flash of strange light through which their life looks out and up to our great mystery of command over them, and claims the fellowship of the creature if not of the soul.
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It is an amiable part of human nature, that we should love our animals; it is even better to love them to the point of folly, than not to love them at all.
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A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong
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Dreams are necessary to life.
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It's animal by animal that you save a species.
