"I try to give myself passionately, totally, to……" — Diane Ackerman
"I try to give myself passionately, totally, to whatever I'm observing, with as much affectionate curiosity as I can muster, as a means of understanding a little better what being human is."
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128 Quotes by Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman has 128 quotes on this site.
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Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood…
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I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of…
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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at…
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Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
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I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.
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Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.
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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
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Success produces success, just as money produces money.
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We live on the leash of our senses.
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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons…
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Habitats keep evolving new pageants of species, and we shouldn't interfere.
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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
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We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house…
— Victoria Beckham
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Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers.
— Elayne Boosler
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I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be…
— Kurt Cobain
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Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an…
— Martin Amis
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I'm still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.
— Hillary Clinton
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Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance…
— John Bunyan
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Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you and be every where for good, let us…
— Abraham Lincoln
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In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections,…
— John Owen
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Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a…
— Dalai Lama
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An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive…
— Dalai Lama
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There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.
— Monica Edwards
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It is a curious truth that many cats enjoy warmer, more convivial, even affectionate relationships with humans than they could…
— Bruce Fogle
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