Diane Ackerman Quotes

Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives.

Diane Ackerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 7, 1948

Topics

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America's veterans deserve the very best health care because they've earned it.

Jim Ramstad

HealthBestCareAmericaVeterans

I don't like the idea of being a human being, existing, talking to my friends, and having these real human conversations, and then getting to work on a sitcom and turning that part of my brain off.

Jerrod Carmichael

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In another life - and as I like to say, another body - I used to teach aerobics.

Megyn Kelly

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Everybody knows I'm not a clay-court specialist. I'm not feeling so well on this surface.

Angelique Kerber

FeelingSurfaceWellKnowsEverybody

Though pigs have been proven susceptible to a porcine spongiform encephalopathy, the National Pork Producers Council claims that no naturally occurring cases of 'mad pig' disease have ever been discovered.

Michael Greger

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History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

Robert Anton Wilson

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Going after a part in Hollywood is like being a gladiator in ancient Rome. When it comes down to getting a role, you don't have any friends, you're incredibly competitive and any actor who tells you different is lying.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

FriendsYouDownRomeHollywood

I'm obsessed with the idea of social TV.

Dennis Crowley

SocialIdeaTVObsessed

My Pa always said, 'Live fast, die laughing,' that's the way to do it.

Doug McClure

LiveDieFastSaidWayAlways

The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.

Anne Lamott

WorkWaitingMeBetterAlwaysSome

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

Audre Lorde

StrengthMyselfPeopleMeAlive

One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.

Suzanne Collins

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