Diane Ackerman Quotes
In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla.
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I live in the moment, and I reflect later.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
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I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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I wouldn't mind working with Outkast. I'm a big fan of them.
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I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.
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While I did not get any formal training in acting, every summer vacation, from the age of five, my father would take me to Ooty with him, and I would do films as a child star. I did over 10 films like that, and it was understood that post finishing my education, I would become an actor.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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I had heard that Robert Duvall was interested in doing 'Lonesome Dove,' and he's one of those actors with whom I'd work on any project. So I tracked down the script and started to bug the producer, Dyson Lovell, to get in there.
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Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change.
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I only started singing the Russian roles when I came west.
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I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.
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A country that has really resonated with me and I was really impressed with was Israel. I found that the whole country had a very special atmosphere. I was there to perform, but it was one of the few places that I've visited over the years that I had some free time to explore, and I was hugely impressed by all the religious history there.
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If the country has invested in the training of doctors or nurses or midwives for that matter, people are beginning to say, 'Should we not ask them to serve a number of years in the country who invested in their training?' I think this is now coming to be an interesting discussion.
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Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.
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The truly creative people tend to be outliers.
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In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla.
