Kerry Thornley Quotes
If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.
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If you keep bashing your head against the same wall, at some point you're going to fall over and be still for awhile.
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You see thousands of films you forget the minute you come out of the cinema, don't you? Because they don't mean anything. It's the tough ones like 'Breaking the Waves' and 'Nil By Mouth' that stay with you, that you never forget. I'd like to leave a few of those behind if possible.
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I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years.
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I think there are a variety of misconceptions that go along with what 'MMMBop' and our band has been perceived as from the beginning, but I have absolutely no qualms whatsoever about playing 'MMMBop.'
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The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.
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Does one ever know oneself why one laughs?
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All emotions are the ore from which poetry may be sifted.
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I once knew a girl In the years of my youth With eyes like the summer All beauty and truth In the morning I fled Left a note and it read Someday you will be loved.
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At root, the Tea Party is nothing more than a them-versus-us thing.
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I try to stay in line and not be a jerk. I've always been conscious that if I really screw up, people might notice.
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A lot of people in the NBA don't even take the game serious or take the same approach that I do.
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If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.
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Once the season starts for me, there isn't a change in my focus, just a change in my tactics and strategies.
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There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.
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The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them.
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You have to lead by example. You have to be the calmest person in the room. You have to be very open. I think the qualities of a director are to enable and to find the best in everybody.
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My favorite candy bar is a PayDay.
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You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
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There is no legitimate use whatsoever for marijuana. This is not medicine. This is bogus witchcraft. It has no place in medicine, no place in pain relief...
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Marijuana: a drug that kills … no one – and let's put it in a time frame – ever. Illegal.
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I do smoke, but I don't go through all this trouble just because I want to make my drug of choice legal. It's about personal freedom. We should have the right in this country to do what we want, if we don't hurt anybody. Seventy-two million people in this country have smoked pot. Eighteen to 20 million in the last year. These people should not be treated as criminals.
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I never use the word "drug" without defining it. I define it exactly the way the DEA defines it, "a chemical compound capable of reproduction in standardized dosages." I explain that marijuana is a plant with many drugs in it, just like any other plant.
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If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.
