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Flight is nothing but an attitude in motion.

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
Flying
Attitude
Nothing
Motion
Flight

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