Diane Ackerman Quotes
When I go biking, I am mentally far far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
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Hi, I'm Nadine Velazquez, and my green tip is: recycle.
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Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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For Bitcoin, if it becomes a thing, it will become an enormous thing. It will be world-changing. But if it's nothing, it's nothing. There is no in between.
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Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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It doesn't matter the amount of gore, the amount of shocks that you can have in a movie if the movie's not entertaining, if the story's not entertaining.
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I thought the Hall of Fame was for superstars, not just average players like me.
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All my favorite books and movies are franchises like 'Harry Potter' and 'Lord of the Rings,' so that was always the dream, that maybe I'll get to write a series of my own.
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France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door.
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As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent.
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I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
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I made three short films of my own which I wrote, produced, directed... you did everything in those days. My favourite one was something I shot on VHS... a little documentary.
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I need to put myself out in the world and be brave and be uncomfortable. When I do, it means I can enjoy life so much more.
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Laughter is the best medicine in the world.
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When I go biking, I am mentally far far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart.
