Diane Ackerman Quotes
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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I love Queen Latifah! Queen Latifah is so beautiful! Every time you see her, if it's in a cosmetics ad, or on the red carpet, she's always flawless.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.
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You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to perk me up. The audience picks me up enough. That's the total God's truth.
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Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?
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I'm from a reserve. A reservation. So I know everybody. Everybody knows me.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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The town I grew up in was at least fifty percent Jewish, so every weekend in the 7th grade, we went to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
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I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.
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Normally, learning lines is fairly easy for me, but when you add an accent onto that, it adds a complexity that I had not anticipated.
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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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Waka Flocka is a product, a franchise, a brand, a label... And a good guy!
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I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
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The role of my agent has just been to get me in the room. If I can get in the room - say the character is just a charming man who lives next door - then I'll walk in there and be as charming as I can and they will think to themselves, 'I don't see why we can't cast him.'
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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I love the Wendy Syred boutique in Taunton. She has fantastic off-the-wall stuff, such as Vivienne Westwood. And I always have huge success in Omah Shoes, which is also in Taunton. I've got such small feet - three and a half - but I always find my size there.
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Success produces success, just as money produces money.
