Diane Ackerman Quotes
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The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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I feel I'm a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I'm transferring that same concept to the people I photograph.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
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I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
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I'm not wed to bitcoin's blockchain. I'm blockchain-agnostic.
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A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.
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There are certain things that I do - I don't eat chicken or pork. I stay away from red meat a lot; I eat fish most of the time. I think it makes me feel cleaner, not just body wise. I feel good.
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I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
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As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.
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The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.
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Christmas albums are not something you do frequently.
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We worked lightly even in the heaviest parts.
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You're not gonna write a hundred songs and have a hundred entirely different ideas. It's a matter of finding the ones that are the freshest and most unique.
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If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what you want to be, if you live what some might call the dynamic life but what I will call the artistic life, if each day you are unsure of who you are and what you know you will never become anything, and that is your reward.
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Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
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A writer who isn't writing is asking for trouble.
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I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.
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Don't just live the length of your life - live the width of it as well.
