Diane Ackerman Quotes
Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet.
Diane Ackerman
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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
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If I say 'Find me an interesting painting' to Google, someday a robot could go around the Picasso museum and take a picture for me.
Vijay Kumar
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Every year when I put away my winter clothes and get out my summer clothes, they fit. And I haven't been on a diet since the Reagan administration.
Victoria Moran
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
Saint Ignatius
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The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.
Sam Graves
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War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.
Hannah Arendt
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Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot.
Dixie Lee Ray
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I was the youngest of four kids, and Dad, who had a garden centre before he retired, came from a large Lancashire family. Every one of my uncles had their own business, including a post office, two fish and chip shops and a painting and decorating business.
Rick Astley
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In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.
Okakura Kakuzo
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A garden is a result of an arrangement of natural materials according to aesthetic laws; interwoven throughout are the artist's outlook on life, his past experiences, his affections, his attempts, his mistakes and his successes.
Roberto Burle Marx
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No one can duplicate the confidence that RSA offers after 20 years of cryptanalytic review.
Bruce Schneier
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Violets smell like burnt sugar cubes that have been dipped in lemon and velvet.
Diane Ackerman