Diane Ackerman Quotes

Cicadas, buckling and unbuckling their stomach muscles, yield the sound of someone sharpening scissors. Fall field crickets, the thermometer hounds, add high-pitched tinkling chirps to the jazz, and their call quickens with warm weather, slows again with cool.

Diane Ackerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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My relationship with my father is pretty non-existent.

Joey Lauren Adams

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Where I live, there's a lot of canyons. We're climbing constantly - we're like mountain goats. I'm just trying to get better at that.

Joey Santiago

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Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.

John Cusack

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I don't really set out to explore grand themes. I set out to tell a story. And one I have to be able to imagine right through.

John Irving

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Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness.

Anna Seward

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My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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I didn't think of myself as a lead player, especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to switch around all the time. He'd take a lead, I'd play rhythm. Sometimes even within one song. It wasn't strict and regimented.

Mick Taylor

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Unfortunately, there's still a lot of beginning writers who think you can just write your first draft and hand it in.

Chevy Stevens

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The depths of the Depression. You didn't ask what the job was, what the pay was, you didn't ask about stock options, or - you said yes.

Art Linkletter

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The slightest thing can ruin a scene, but you must be willing to take chances.

William Wyler

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A perfectionist? That's part of my job.

Pep Guardiola

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TV and appointment viewing is a thing of the past for the youth.

Shenaz Treasury

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