Diane Ackerman Quotes
What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine.
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I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.
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I believe in aging gracefully.
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I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
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We can't stop anybody from doing what they want to do.
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Many people are insecure of many people.
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Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.
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There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.
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I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.
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As is so often the case with butlers, there was a good deal of Beach. Julius Caesar, who liked to have men about him who were fat, would have taken to him at once. He was a man who had made two chins grow where only one had been before, and his waistcoat swelled like the sail of a racing yacht.
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Oh please...As a standup, I tried to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room. Not necessarily in that order.
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In the country of the blind, who are not as unobservant as they look, the one-eyed is not king, he is spectator.
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Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.
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Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.
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After you win, people expect you to always play so good. When that doesn't happen, it's hard to deal with.
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Being a great horseman does not rely on physical strength but more on the mind and sensibility.
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When I was in college, I could only write on a WordPerfect program.
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So people keep asking me what this badge is for... this badge makes me the sheriff, the sheriff of Emo town, so get your straight irons and eyeliner ready!
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I had such a wonderful life before drugs and alcohol abuse. I've got that life back now and plan to keep it. Maybe I had to go through what I did to get to this point, to appreciate this life more.
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He is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For his body I would give my soul, and for his love I would surrender heaven.
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I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.
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There is no greater ladder into the middle class than education.
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What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine.
