Diane Ackerman Quotes
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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To assume that someone's views are invariably influenced or shaped by his or her partner is lazy. It is an intellectual crutch we grope for when we do not have an effective counter to someone's argument.
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I finished 'The Hunger Games' trilogy, and I love most anything with zombies.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.
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In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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The point of the future is that anything can happen.
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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I want to play a variety of different characters in different genres of film.
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The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.
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I'm not a violent person.
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I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.
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I knew when I was 10 that I wanted to act full-time.
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As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories.
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Saddam Hussein played a terrible game of trying to deceive the world that he had weapons of mass destruction. Everyone bought it. The United States called him on his braggadocio, and we are all paying for the results - especially the American taxpayer.
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You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters.
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I'm really proud of Gunsmoke. We put on a good show every week - one that families could all watch together without offending anyone.
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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
