Diane Ackerman Quotes
The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity.
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The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.
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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
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Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up.
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Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.
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When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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I have to make the very best judgments I can make in terms of what's gonna keep the American people safe. And is what, what's gonna uphold our Constitution and our traditions of due process.
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I have put my talent into writing, my genius I have saved for living.
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Yoga makes my day better as I am less likely to fall victim to my otherwise foolish & forgetful mind.
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The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion.
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If you have attained something, this is the surest proof that you have gone astray. Therefore, not to have is to have, silence is thunder, ignorance is enlightenment.
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I'm not the athlete I was when I was training for the Olympics in '92 or when I was working out every single day. I have to live in moderation: I work out three or four days a week, and I smile while I'm working out - I really do enjoy it. I work out with my girlfriends and make it a social competition.
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A miracle is a shift in perception. The moment that we choose to perceive our life with love, we can create miraculous change.
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I gravitate much more toward realism, realism in the work that I do, but magical realism got me hooked on film. I think it was my first time realizing that there was something besides popcorn movies.
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Before I went to New Orleans, I was a little scared of New Orleans. I don't know why. I had only been there a few times. Something about it made me feel nervous, knowing a bit about the history.
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As a person gets older, time gets more interesting. As a kid, you waste so much of it.
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The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity.
