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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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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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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How can you beat someone that's already lost everything?
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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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Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.
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Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.
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Well, the whole story is in the book, but the short answer is that I was the first information architect in an organization that was traditionally design-oriented, and I felt I needed a tool to help me gain the trust and support of my colleagues.
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Don't kill the competition. Competition is healthy for businesses. It keeps you the entrepreneur on your toes.
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Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard.
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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.
