Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The 'hard swallow' built into science is this business about the Big Bang. ... This is the notion that the universe, for no reason, sprang from nothing in a single instant. ... Notice that this is the limit test for credulity. . . . It's the limit case for likelihood.Terence McKenna
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'
Maj Sjowall -
If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part.
Hannah More -
I can paint in jail.
Jack Kevorkian -
You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
Larry Gagosian -
Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
Oscar Wilde -
Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
Ted Dekker
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
O. J. Simpson -
I had great stats in my career, you know, but really, you want to win.
Calvin Johnson -
I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.
Victoria Justice -
There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously.
Fiona Shaw -
Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he's speaking in his American dialect, he looks like he's a brother from the 'hood. But as soon as he brings out that English thing, I'm like, 'Woo! You look like you're from London. Oh my God!' It's like everything on him changes. He's so cool!
Tasha Smith -
I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
Adam Arkin
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
Lao Tzu -
Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
Maika Monroe -
In 'The Violinist's Thumb,' I talk about the poignancy of cells leaking across the placenta into both the mother and the child.
Sam Kean -
The movie I've seen a million times is 'Steel Magnolias,' directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts.
Queen Latifah -
As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.
Jack Levine -
My feelings on homosexuality are unequivocal. I have absolutely no problem with it whatsoever. My only reservation is marriage.
Carl Paladino
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I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.
Jennifer Grey -
There's an awful lot of hanging around when you're doing science fiction. Going down and waiting for them to set up, being told to go back to your dressing room while they change the track and the lighting and so on.
John Hurt -
We have a slight lead over Bremen now, but at this level everything can change in an instant.
Oliver Kahn -
The 'hard swallow' built into science is this business about the Big Bang. ... This is the notion that the universe, for no reason, sprang from nothing in a single instant. ... Notice that this is the limit test for credulity. . . . It's the limit case for likelihood.
Terence McKenna