Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry.
Vince Cable -
I did all of California from north to south. I did Florida from north to south. I went to the Midwest. I spent time discovering the culture because I thought I was going to stay in America for only two years. Then I decided to come to New York.
Daniel Boulud -
New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce.
Patricia Marx -
The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the older generation and so on. But then that's well blended into a happy balance and crystallised into common sense.
Tadashi Yanai -
I think a culture can really be elevated through the arts, and it's always a dream come true when I come across roles that enable me to fuse my love of storytelling with my passion for activism and raising social awareness.
Nazanin Boniadi -
In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling.
Laura Dern
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There isn't a lot written about the motorcycle culture.
Katey Sagal -
Latinos been a part of hip-hop culture and every other culture; we've been influential in every aspect of life.
Fat Joe -
From 1970 onwards, our culture told both sexes that individual expression was paramount. And for women, that was defined as the right to choose an interesting a career, a high-status mate, the desirable handbag or vacation, the perfect family size, and a definitionally fruitless quest for 'perfection.'
Naomi Wolf -
I grew up in Jerusalem and went to school here. I studied at the Hebrew University - mostly Islam and Arabic: Arab literature, Arab poetry and culture, because I felt like we are living in this region, in the Middle East, and we are not alone: There are nations here whose culture is Arab.
Yitzhak Navon -
On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.
Ignazio Silone -
From the subtle to the extreme, our culture and our values are under unrelenting attack from the media.
Tammy Bruce
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The population is in a constant state of enforced dislocation. So let us hope that a totally new culture will come out of this.
Ai Weiwei -
The artificial separation of politics and culture is nowhere more pronounced than in the discourse of foreign policy and international affairs.
Ellen Willis -
Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and religion.
Bill Condon -
This is a culture filled with perfect images of women and perfect images of movie actresses, and most people can't live up to them.
Beeban Kidron -
The U.K. is outward-looking, trade-oriented, growth-oriented, and we do not have enough of that storyline, that tradition, that culture within the European Union.
Mark Rutte -
Retaining culture takes effort and persistence and discipline. It's a commitment, not a flag. You can't just pull it out and wave it about when it's convenient.
Alexandra Fuller
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The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants -
There was a time when men thought it was sexy to have a housewife waiting for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society, I think an independent woman is even more sexy.
Kat Graham -
I probably get eight straight hours of acting in an entire season or two seasons of Suits. It's broken into such small pieces.
Zachary Quinto -
The guilty as well as the innocent are entitled to due process of law. They are entitled to a fair trial. They are entitled to counsel. They are entitled to fair treatment from the police. The law enforcement officer has the same duty as the citizen-indeed, he has a higher duty-to abide by the letter and spirit of our Constitution and laws. You yourselves must be careful to obey the letter of the law. You yourselves must be intellectually honest in the enforcement of the law.
Harry S Truman -
I admire a lot of people, but in terms of sport I've always loved the mentality of Tiger Woods on a golf course. I always love his eyes when he's setting himself and focusing on his decision; he has a really strong, focused face and believes that he can make the shot.
Rafael Nadal -
Culture is a plot against the expansion of consciousness.
Terence McKenna