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Writer's block is a luxury most people with deadlines don't have.

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Because poets feel what we're afraid to feel, venture where we're reluctant to go, we learn from their journeys without taking the same dramatic risks.
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We have vexed and bothered every plant and every animal on every continent.
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We would lie on coral sand, below sugary stars, watching Cassiopeia mount her throne and the Great Bear wash its paws in the South. I would say, I have a secret to tell you. And, folding me in your arms, boyish and sly, you would answer: Whisper it into my mouth.
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Life becomes a lot simpler for a creative person when he or she finds the routine that works best. ... get in the habit of going through the routine every day, and on some of those days, you're going to be lucky and have done some good work. ... Go to your study, close the door, invent your confidence.
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I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars.
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If a mind is just a few pounds of blood, urea, and electricity, how does it manage to contemplate itself, worry about its soul, do time-and-motion studies, admire the shy hooves of a goat, know that it will die, enjoy all the grand and lesser mayhems of the heart ?
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I'm sure civilizations will still evolve through play, or rather as play, since that seems to be a fundamental mechanism of our humanity.
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Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn't fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive.
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What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine.
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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.
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Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite
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Adventure is not something you travel to find. It's something you take with you, or you're not going to find it when you arrive.
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Part of the irony of environmentalism is questing for solutions when you know you're part of the problem.
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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.
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