Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
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I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.
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Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.
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I try cars; I try them all. Cars need to be sexy, because we're not talking about biscuits here.
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I just don't think it's appropriate talking about family stuff publicly.
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Even if a relationship doesn't work out, you can always take something positive from something negative. You never know what's around the corner.
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I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!
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You never know what life has in store for you, but I believe there are certain things one is meant to go through
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I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.
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I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up.
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The person who doubts there is an external world does not need proof: he needs a cure.
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The best criticism is the sort that tells you what you already know but had been reluctant to accuse yourself of.
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People know that I'm going to do what's right.
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I'm shy to call myself a director still. When someone says, 'What do you do for a living?' I don't know if I've earned that.
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One thing talk can't accomplish is communication. This is because everybody's talking too much to pay attention to what anyone is saying
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Children know something that most people have forgotten.
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But, I'm kind of a control freak. I get really freaked out if I don't know what's going on and what's going to happen.
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I know there are no errors, In the great Eternal plan.
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Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.
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Man's highest blessedness, In wisdom chiefly stands; And in the things that touch upon the Gods, 'Tis best in word or deed To shun unholy pride; Great words of boasting bring great punishments, And so to grey-haired age Teach wisdom at the last.
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I've got four kids to feed and a wife to provide for. It's a worry but a great responsibility as well and one I relish.
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If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem.
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Humility is a safeguard against humiliation.
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Knowledge, or verbal facility, is no proof that you know what you're talking about.
