Diane Ackerman Quotes
To begin to understand the gorgeous fever that is consciousness, we must try to understand the senses and what they can tell us about the ravishing world we have the privilege to inhabit.
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.
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Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries.
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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I know I always had a lot of energy growing up and I had to put it somewhere. Theater allowed me to really feel things, to laugh, to cry, to explode outward. I could do anything and it was totally accepted and appreciated. If I hadn't gone into the theater, I probably would have been a psychotic killer.
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You don't fight radical conservatism with not-quite-so radical conservatism.
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Hollywood, for me, is the studios. It's a way to produce. It's a different way to make movies, and I never took part in that.
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I've been really fortunate to go from series to series to series.
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Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours-ambition is the serious business of life.
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Won’t you help the government in saving Gujarat? Won’t you help us in maintaining peace and harmony? The Government of Gujarat appeals to you for help, appeals to you for shanti (peace) and sanyam (restraint or self-discipline).
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There are many creeds but only one faith. Creeds may change, develop, and grow flat, while the substance of faith remains the same in all ages. The overgrowth of creed may bring about the disintegration of that substance. The proper relation is a minimum of creed and a maximum of faith.
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Guns go home with the soldiers, but landmines are designed to kill - mindlessly, out of control, for years.
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We are going to position ourselves as a world-class financial institution. We want to do things that are comparable to the best in the world. At the same time, we want to have very strong human qualities.
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All art to me is an empathetic act. Whoever's telling a story is trying to transfer emotion into someone else.
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Questions don't easily die within me until they're answered, and so being able to write a song and put words to complex feelings is part of my process of understanding and letting go of things.
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I think it speaks volumes for not only our soccer program at Hilton Head High, but student athletes at Hilton Head High. That they're definitely concerned with in-the-classroom performance as well as on-the-field performance.
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To begin to understand the gorgeous fever that is consciousness, we must try to understand the senses and what they can tell us about the ravishing world we have the privilege to inhabit.
