Diane Ackerman Quotes
On gardens: I think they're sanctuaries for the mind and spirit. ... It's easy to feel wonder-struck in a garden, especially if you cultivate delight.Diane Ackerman
Quotes to Explore
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
Otto Dix -
I'm on the road earning my money. I didn't get any million pound record deals. Not unless you're Jedward! I'm doing very well, but I still have a mortgage to pay off. So I'm on the road.
Imelda May -
Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
Gabrielle Reece -
There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming.
Ralph Fiennes -
I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment.
P. J. Harvey -
It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.
M.I.A.
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Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?
Garry Trudeau -
If your heart is in love, you can do anything.
Vanessa Paradis -
I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
Gattlin Griffith -
People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
Major Owens -
I've always wanted to do a boxing movie.
Walter Hill -
Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I'm not too interested in books about India.
Beatrice Wood -
Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.
Larry Niven -
A lot of people glorify and romanticize the idea of being an early bloomer: finding success very early and being a child star. But it can also be quite dangerous.
Tavi Gevinson -
I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don't appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you'll never give an emcee props.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
You cannot find yourself in the past or future. The only place where you can find yourself is in the Now.
Eckhart Tolle -
I love being regarded as a sex symbol, but I can't take it too seriously.
John Travolta
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The fact is I'm choosy, but mainly about a man's character. He has to be interesting, funny and clever. I don't even mind if he's not very good-looking.
Agyness Deyn -
Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.
Dee Hock -
I got a woman that's mean as she can be, sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me.
Roy Orbison -
On gardens: I think they're sanctuaries for the mind and spirit. ... It's easy to feel wonder-struck in a garden, especially if you cultivate delight.
Diane Ackerman