Diane Ackerman Quotes
We ogle plants and animals up close on television, the Internet and in the movies. We may not worship the animals we see, but we still regard them as necessary physical and spiritual companions. Technological nature can't completely satisfy that yearning.Diane Ackerman
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
Raf Simons -
Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again.
Taylor Swift -
I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.
Olivia Wilde -
I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
Oscar Isaac -
Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
Natalie Massenet -
I love working back home, but it is a small country, and we do get tired of watching each other.
Mads Mikkelsen
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Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
Abbas Kiarostami -
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
Lao Tzu -
My junior high was dreadful. I see a lot of my fellow alumni on America's Most Wanted.
Yancy Butler -
I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school team, playing strong safety.
Gabriel Luna -
It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.
Ferdinand Foch
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Well, Warren Harding, I have got you the presidency. What are you going to do with it?
Florence Harding -
I had internal bleeding with blood clots on the brain. I was completely blind and deaf. I had a heart attack and a stroke.
Vanity -
People are saying, 'Big Data is the new oil.'
Gary Wolf -
You look at Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bob Seger. All they ever wanted to do was go out there and entertain, and I'm the same way.
Eddie Money -
I'm not a self-promoter. I'm not on TV all the time.
Carl Forti -
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand;Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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That is the number-one threat we face in the world. And it becomes particularly threatening if terrorists ever get their hands on any nuclear material. So a man who can be provoked by a tweet should not have his fingers anywhere near the nuclear codes, as far as I think anyone with any sense about this should be concerned.
Hillary Clinton -
Ben Franklin advises his grandson not to let even the American Revolution interrupt his studies, urging of young adulthood, "This is the time of life in which you are to lay the foundations of your future improvement and of your importance among men. If this season is neglected, it will be like cutting off the spring from the year.
H. W. Brands -
There's a truth to the violence of boxing. You have a very real threat, an opponent.
Peter Berg -
I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.
Sadie Frost -
Ethical fashion is the future of fashion. Gucci's decision to ban fur is a smart step in the right direction - for the environment, for animal rights, and for its massive base of young brand fans who will soon represent the largest consumer base in history.
Elaine Welteroth -
We ogle plants and animals up close on television, the Internet and in the movies. We may not worship the animals we see, but we still regard them as necessary physical and spiritual companions. Technological nature can't completely satisfy that yearning.
Diane Ackerman