Diane Ackerman Quotes
Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully in positive ways.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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We do not have the idea that all children are valuable parts of society. We only have the idea that our own children are.
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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
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In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
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The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.
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We in this entertainment industry try to act like we're so super powerful. we're not being honest, because we're human, and in our humanity there's a little fear.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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Israel is slightly smaller than New Jersey. Moses in effect led the tribes of Israel out of the District of Columbia, parted Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, and wandered for forty years in Delaware.
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I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part.
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Since I started in Nascar, popularity has definitely gone up. I've become more attractive and helpful to companies that are looking for spokespersons. So from that perspective, things are going really well.
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I haven't shaken my fists at the moon.
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Al Gore may think Medicare is at a crossroads, but his plan puts it on a highway to bankruptcy.
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I grew up, obviously, watching tons of animation; Saturday morning cartoons or anything that we could get our hands on. And then when 'The Simpsons' premiered, that just kind of changed the landscape of everything. We hadn't had prime time animations since 'The Flintstones.'
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'On the Road' is another one of those, a film in which the audience has a very clear idea of who they think your character is, so you know you are asking for it. But that's the challenge.
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There is a myth that those who do humanitarian work have a saviour mentality, but the relationship is reciprocal.
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We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster.
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I've only skied a couple of times in my life. Any skier would say I stink.
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I've got a couple of years until I turn pro so I guess within that period hopefully I'll be able to get a little bit better.
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I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.
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Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully in positive ways.
