Diane Ackerman Quotes
Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren't yet in memorable language.
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Being flown to the U.S. to meet Sofia Coppola is really exciting. I was freaking out. I'm a little nervous, as I don't want to muck it up I want to do my best.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
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I think initially, the record industry struggled a lot with digital media because there are a lot of aspects to it that can potentially destroy our industry.
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I've made club songs, and I've made radio songs, and I've made the car songs.
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
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I'm not a great band member; I'm more of a band leader.
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We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.
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I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.
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I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.
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I've lived in Los Angeles for at least 24 years.
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I don't have bad taste; I have no taste. I wear a lot of the things I wore in high school, but not the cowl-neck sweaters. I was never tall, and I am the same size, so I still wear a lot of those clothes.
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I always enjoy impersonating my characters in the first-person singular.
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The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the foundation necessary for effective interdependence.
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Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime.
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For kids in 2nd or 3rd grade, I would recommend the 'Dear America' series. Most of the stories in the 'Dear America' series, if they have black girls, are about them being enslaved, but they escape or do something really adventurous.
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Poetry reminds us of the truths about life and human nature that we knew all along, but forgot somehow because they weren't yet in memorable language.
