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Terence McKenna Quotes

We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and look at the thermostat.

Terence McKenna

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: November 16, 1946 - April 3, 2000

Topics

Wander Look Earth Room Abstraction

President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that.

Mia Love

Change Better America Gender Divided

I collect vintage vinyl records.

John Varvatos

Vintage Vinyl Records Collect

What America really needs is a long-term bill that makes significant investments in our transportation infrastructure and reforms the highway trust fund to ensure it remains solvent for years to come. This will require bold ideas and a bipartisan effort.

Mike Quigley

Trust Effort Ideas America Bold

I didn't feel like going any further in this scene with the boy. He was not a professional actor, and if I had pushed the scene any further it would have destroyed the tone of the movie.

Louis Malle

Feel Professional Boy Actor Going

Movies have these transcendent moments where everything is just right, from the dialogue to the music to the lighting to the narrative context; everything is just perfect, and something magical happens - the film breaks through the screen and does something to you.

Jason Silva

Music Moments You Perfect Movies

I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice.

Diahann Carroll

Friend Words King Advice Mentor He

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about.

Diane Cilento

Father Mother Time Money Thought

Being a salesman and an actor were not that dissimilar: It is a good lesson in covering up your feelings. No one wants to buy from someone who looks depressed.

Dougray Scott

Good Someone Lesson Feelings Looks

People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed since time began. We're still the same. We've obviously made some changes. When we started, it was all about food, clothing and shelter. Now we watch 'Top Chef', 'Project Runway', and 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.'

Colin Hay

Home History Time Food People Chef

You need to be very critical of yourself. There are a few very good managers who can make players better individually. Most managers think about the team process - and so you have to improve things on your own.

Arjen Robben

Good Yourself Team Think Better You

Take the tone of the company you are in.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

You Company Tone Take

Even the best comedians aren't always sure what is going to be funny, what is going to work. So that means they're constantly and trying and failing in order to get there.

Phoebe Robinson

Work Funny Best Trying Always Going