Diane Ackerman Quotes
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At school, I always felt the art room was the place where you could sit and talk. It was a place of solace. I wasn't the best artist at school by a long shot; it was more the understanding and the support that came from that room.
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Prayer is more than words. It's listening, seeing and feeling.
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The animal rights cause is something close to my heart and something I truly believe in.
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It's just hard to meet new people, in my position.
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We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.
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Can't sleep unless the TV is on.
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Follow your instinct. That's my message.
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As I'm getting older, I'm getting funkier. So that's what I'm wearing. Funky shoes.
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For the most part, Hollywood is very transactional. People want to make movies and television shows.
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A man who limits his interests limits his life.
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Dialogue is a non-confrontational communication, where both partners are willing to learn from the other and therefore leads much farther into finding new grounds together
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There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.
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Truth exists independent of style. It involves all kinds of issues. Properly considered, it's a quest, a pursuit. To say that vérité is more truthful than something that is narrated is just misplaced. Completely wrong. And the fact that people still talk about it as though they're really talking about something... it puzzles me greatly. A moment of reflection about it tells you that it makes no sense!
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Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points.
