Diane Ackerman Quotes
An animal on a leash is not tamed by the owner. The owner is extending himself through the leash to that part of his personality which is pure dog, that part of him which just wants to eat, sleep, bark, hump chairs, wet the floor in joy, and drink out of a toilet bowl.
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I was the 'no one understands me' teenager. But I think truly I've realized now that I didn't understand a thing myself. So I just had some livin' to do.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.
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I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.
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We must show there is good in society. If you read the newspapers, you think there are only crooks in this world, but that's not true.
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As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.
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Terrorists convince thousands of people to kill themselves in the name of God. I can't convince two of my friends to help me move.
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You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.
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'Portlandia' - love it. I can consume three episodes of it without even realizing I'm watching TV.
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I'm a writer first and a singer second.
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At no point during his ordeal did Nero think of himself as 72% alive and 28% dead.
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We fought a lonely battle against terrorism sponsored by Sudan, and we have defeated it; we cannot be intimidated by any force. For us our guide is the Constitution of Uganda and the laws there under.
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Small habits well pursued betimesMay reach the dignity of crimes.
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Randal can write one-liners again. Everyone is happy, and peace spreads over the whole Earth.
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That should probably be written: no !@#$%^&*:@!semicolon
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God, I'm glad I'm not me.
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It is precisely in those moments when I don’t know what to do, boredom drives one to try …a host of possibilities… to either get somewhere or not get anywhere.
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Imagine if you could actually be that happy? That would be powerful, man. People would be tunneling under the street to avoid you. They'd go 'Oh, man - is that happy guy still out there?
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A long association-prolonged human contact, when a man and woman live together-this ends up producing a sort of rot, a poison.
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For Al Gore and Paul Ehrlich and Co., whatever the problem, the solution is always the same. Whether it's global cooling, global warming, or overpopulation, we need bigger government, more regulation, higher taxes, and a massive transfer of power from the citizens to some unelected self-perpetuating crisis lobby.
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I'm not thin, but I'm strong - plus my balance is such that I can navigate a flight of stairs with a basket of laundry and a stack of Pottery Barn catalogs, vaulting over cat-and-dog hurdles, never once spilling my coffee.
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I like the joy when you feed people and they're happy and full and enjoying themselves.
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An animal on a leash is not tamed by the owner. The owner is extending himself through the leash to that part of his personality which is pure dog, that part of him which just wants to eat, sleep, bark, hump chairs, wet the floor in joy, and drink out of a toilet bowl.
