Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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Once I finish shooting, I head straight home and spend time with my family. It's only when I have to promote my films that I make public appearances.
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Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you're 52? Nobody's going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It's nice that you got to be so old. It's a blessing.
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'Freaky Ali' is not a heavy film. It's a simple but inspiring film. It will inspire those who want to go from zero to hundred. People who have made an effort to achieve success from nothing will be able to connect to the character.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I can't go and shoot people in the back of the head because It's a kids' movie, which is actually quite a good test because you haven't got the overt threat of a knife in the face.
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Maybe there's something about the outsiderness of being Jewish that makes for a fiery feminist type.
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Film is really the one art form that can effectively use silence. Music and theater can play with silence, but they can't sustain silence without losing energy, whereas film can go into a silent mode and stay there for minutes at a time.
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I cannot step into any day without help. I have a fantastically engaged husband who is very present for his children and our family life. We've got a brilliant nanny, other help from parents-in-law, godparents, friends. Also, I've had incredible women around me in the business.
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For an actor to have the chance to go and play something that's far away from yourself, physically and also in terms of personality, character, is so much fun.
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All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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Despite all these obstacles and bad security situation, I have the energy and the resolve to train, but my head is full of ideas and it distracts me, and I need to focus.
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Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity- * * * * * *That is not quickly buzz'd into his ears?
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The truth of the matter is, I am a black woman, and I am an actor. I don't try to get caught up in being a black actor; I'm just an actor who is a black woman. It's not about forgetting that you're black, but you don't need to be hammered over the head, either; it just is what it is.
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In good writing, the contemplative and the exciting happen at the same time.
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For me, nothing is old. I don't know why. If a dress is beautiful, and it's very personal, I think it can live forever.
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In America, it stands out, because it's raw, it's big, it's emotional. My face is raw, big and emotional. It didn't work for the longest time.
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It's human desire to be understood. And we always feel we're not understood.
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I used the stormy gray and heather brown shadows from the Lilac Rose Eye Palette to create a soft smokey eye for Veronica Beard's Spring 2013 show. The look was dramatic but delicate.
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We should embrace what makes us different, our different styles, our creativity. You should wear whatever seems true to you. If that means wearing a tux, if that means wearing a short dress, a floor-length dress, or whatever the case is - do what feels right to you. Try not to get in trouble though!
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Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent, enterprising, and determined part of those who are not capitalists to cease to labor for hire.
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Success is actually a short race-a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.
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Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
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Posts of honor are evermore posts of danger and of care.
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The race isn't to the swift, it's to the thoughtful.
