Ken Kesey Quotes
I got high on psychedelics before I was ever drunk. I never smoked. Then LSD came by. And to me it was the most wonderful thing that had ever happened... And, of course, the best drugs ever were manufactured by the government.Ken Kesey
Quotes to Explore
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
Carlisle Floyd -
I converse with my dog through ESP.
Taylor Caldwell -
President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.
Samantha Power -
A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
Viktor Orban -
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
Gary Sherman
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One of the strangest aspects of living with certain kinds of memory loss is knowing that the forgetting is happening.
Floyd Skloot -
There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to be drawn. It would be hugely dangerous for a country's laws to be set by the scriptures, and particularly those of the expansionist religions.
Zac Goldsmith -
I don't have to go to the weight room. I don't have to go work out if I don't want to.
LaDainian Tomlinson -
I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
Randy Houser -
Mister Cee's a legend, man.
Fat Joe -
The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Samuel Johnson
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You never get every job you want.
Mackenzie Astin -
Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question.
Abdullah II of Jordan -
At the beginning, I experienced writing as a sort of constraint. Starting so young as a writer is pitiable: it's beyond your powers; you have to lay bare things that are very heavy, and you don't have the means for that.
Patrick Modiano -
I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining.
Parker Posey -
I live in New York and I was only there for 2 weeks all last year.
Patricia Velasquez -
A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
Gale Anne Hurd
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Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.
Ken Kesey -
It's always difficult to work out on location, away from home, but that's the actor's life. You go where the work is.
Jon Tenney -
You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.
Emil Zatopek -
I was for many years myself a journalist and it is not appropriate to say a programme should not be broadcast.
Christopher Monckton -
Patience as we wait to take action is a kind of compassionate mind. Impatience on the other hand can be a source of failure.
Dalai Lama -
I got high on psychedelics before I was ever drunk. I never smoked. Then LSD came by. And to me it was the most wonderful thing that had ever happened... And, of course, the best drugs ever were manufactured by the government.
Ken Kesey