Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The truth for sure, when it arrives, will make you smile. If it doesn't, you should seek a deeper truth.
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For a deeper interest in the Moon than I ever felt before.
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No one should be left to suffer alone.
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When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.
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If women had to promise to provide for a man for a lifetime before he removed his veil and showed her his smile, would we think of this as a system of female privilege?
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I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.
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In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
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Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.
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Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.
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In the day I can smile though I wanna die / Hold on, hold on / I can keep it together for a little while / and be strong, so strong / But when the sun goes down and I'm all alone / I haven't the strength to fight / That's when my tears give in to the night
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They should rule who are able to rule best.
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When you're walking at the airport, you're expected to smile at people because they know you... I find that tough. I'm only trying to protect myself. So I don't take my eyes off the floor. People can take that as attitude. But it's actually shyness. Yes, it is a bad habit. But it's a defense mechanism.
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One of the most obvious parts of my character is the smile, and if I wasn't comfortable in myself then I wouldn't be able to smile so much.
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A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
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Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.
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Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.
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You know, I've got wrinkles on my forehead and smile lines, but what's wrong with that? I love to smile.
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It's not easy to put a smile on people's faces.
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Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke.
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And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods makes Heaven drowsy with the harmony.
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I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I'd feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a phantom limb. All I did was think about Jennie Gerhardt and Alice Quinn and all the decades of people I had known. The more I thought, the more I felt like crying. Life seemed so sweet and so sad, and so hard to let go of in the end. But hey, man, every day is a brand new deal, right? Just keep on working and something's bound to turn up.
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A man of correct insight among those who are duped and deluded resembles one whose watch is right while all the clocks in the town give the wrong time.
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I'm actually relaxed onstage. Totally relaxed. It's nice. I feel relaxed in the studio too. I know whether something feels right. If it doesn't, I know how to fix it. Everything has to be in place and if it is you feel good, you feel fulfilled.
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The truth for sure, when it arrives, will make you smile. If it doesn't, you should seek a deeper truth.
