Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
Malcolm Gladwell -
Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
Wendelin Van Draanen -
There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
Quico Canseco -
Hollywood's all about, 'Let's make this easy: This is what you do, so you go over here in this group, and we're not gonna call you.'
Ted McGinley -
When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.
Gary Dourdan -
Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
Marat Safin
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
Aaron Paul -
I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
Francesca Annis -
If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.
Caitlyn Jenner -
There's a child within me. Everything is fascinating. The hunger to learn, do better and more creative things never goes.
Madhuri Dixit -
I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.
Macaulay Culkin -
Admiration takes on a whole new level when you appreciate just how complex it is to run a modern business.
Ursula Burns
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All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
Orison Swett Marden -
Big nations should not bully smaller ones. Disputes should be resolved peacefully.
Barack Obama -
We have an evolutionary revulsion from slime, the site of our biologic origins. Every month, it is woman's fate to face the abyss of time and being, the abyss which is herself.
Camille Paglia -
She found more gratification in teaching one willing student than a dozen resentful ones.
Octavia E. Butler -
Direction is a lot of responsibility. But if you've been trained under Balachander as I have, it's a lot easier. You have everything down on paper before you start shooting. By now while directing I am experienced enough to know my moves.
Kamal Haasan -
On this significant occasion, all Koreans pay tribute to the heroes fallen in defense of freedom and democracy. I firmly believe that future generations in both countries will further advance the strong Republic of Korea-U.S. alliance into one befitting the spirit of the new age.
Lee Myung-bak
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Life is like the monkey bars: you have to let go to move forward. Once you make the decision to leap into entrepreneurship, be sure to loosen your grasp on old concepts so you can swing your way to new ones.
Leah Busque -
The very idea of law originates in men's natural rights. There is no other standard, than natural rights, by which civil law can be measured. Law has always been the name of that rule or principle of justice, which protects those rights. Thus we speak of natural law.
Lysander Spooner -
I had this job at Hollywood Video, and during my worst audition ever, I forgot all of my lines in front of Chuck Lorre at the callback for the 'Mike and Molly' pilot.
Lamorne Morris -
The universe has become not only conscious and aware of itself but capable in some respects of choosing its path into the future--though all three, the consciousness, the knowledge, and the choice, are dispersed over a vast crowd of beings, acting both individually and collectively.
Thomas Nagel -
David knew that the very quality of his worship was not based on his own volition but on the object of his worship - the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Though our affections for God may wax and wane, His character is unchanging! We even see David speaking to his own soul, demanding of it, "Bless the Lord!"
Laura Story -
The most beautiful things in the universe are inside the human mind.
Terence McKenna