Diane Ackerman Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.
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History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.
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My kids are in school and in all these clubs - chess club, fashion club, you name it. When my dad came home from work, it was late, and when he left, it was early in the morning. On my days off, I'm still taking my kids to school and picking them up. I do what I have to do to keep that relationship.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.
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Freedom is a timeless value. The United Nations Charter calls for encouraging respect for fundamental freedoms. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights mentions freedom more than twenty times. All countries have committed to protecting individual freedoms on paper - but in practice, too many break their pledge.
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The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.
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I'm always honest.
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Nobuddy ever listened t' reason on a empty stomach.
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After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two.
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Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
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You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize.
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Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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That is America. That is America. Those bonds of affection; that common creed. We don't fear the future; we shape it. We embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own.
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As fleeting emotions stalk it, a face can leak fear or the guilt of a forming lie.
