Diane Ackerman Quotes

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.

Diane Ackerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MirrorFaceYouLookSecretGaze

Everybody told me that Taiwan is a very polite society and that people don't like gossip and scandals here. But they just pretend they don't like it. We have, by far, the biggest newspaper in Taiwan. They just buy it to read it at home.

Jimmy Lai

HomePeopleMeSocietyGossipBuy

I think almost all manic depressives exhibit some kind of criminal behaviour, even if it's something as minimal as shoplifting, but then they often go on to bigger and better things - in my case, it was fraud.

Andy Behrman

ThinkBetterGoKindFraudBigger

I love strong women.

John Hillcoat

LoveWomenStrongStrong Women

I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things - to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal.

Miranda Lambert

MusicHopeMeMakeupPerfumeLine

Americans love our shoes and us Brits love that we can always pick up a bargain when in the US.

Lisa Snowdon

LoveShoesAlwaysUpUsBargain

People still remember Sean Penn as Spicoli from 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High,' and if I can have, like, one-10th of his career, then I'm fine.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

PeopleRememberCareerFastI Can

Before I wrote my first novel, 'The Expats,' I spent nearly two decades at various arms of publishing houses such as Random House, Workman, and HarperCollins, mostly as an acquisitions editor. But a more accurate title for that job might be rejection editor: while I acquired maybe a dozen projects per year, I'd reject hundreds upon hundreds.

Chris Pavone

JobRandomRejectionYearHouseTwo

When I was 16, I really discovered good stuff like Detroit techno or gabba from Holland.

Apparat

GoodDetroitLikeStuffTechno

I got a strong spirit that I rely on and go into. It allows me to prepare and drive forward.

Antonio Brown

MeDriveForwardStrongGoSpirit

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

Anne Frank

TimeWillOutCarryMustCome

Le Pen is a petit bourgeois nationalist.

Pim Fortuyn

I AmWorldCitizenAm

The financial reward is great and I love the life I have, but all money makes possible is for you to stop worrying about money. Then you have freedom to live your life.

Paul Stanley

LifeLoveLiveFreedomGreatMoney

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