Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The felt presence of immediate experience-- this is all you know. Everything else comes as unconfirmed rumor.
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No one today knows what is indecent.
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I've felt ugly and insecure.
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I always felt an outsider.
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No one knows what women want!
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The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
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You know, I've been playing with my hair color ever since I was nine.
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I don't know many people who don't have somebody in their family who's a part of the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender community. It's not like they're aliens or outsiders. This is family.
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I dont play villainy. I wouldnt even know how to play it.
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Most people don't know that I invented the selfie.
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I always wanted to know what it felt like to fall on stage... now I know. It's not how you fall, but how you get up
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A river reaches places its source never knows.
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Bound as our lives are to the tyranny of time, it is through what we know of history that we are delivered from our bonds and escape - into time.
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Her courage was a guise. She wondered if courage always was, or if there were those who truly felt no fear.
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Why is it that what we do know can save us, but what we don't know can kill us?
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I'll be the first to admit it, the life I'm leading is basically a joke. I should probably be cooler about it, but I can't fake it, you know?
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I once woke up at a random guy's house and i didn't actually know who he was.
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How can I know who's PM or in government in Sweden? It's been 40 years since I moved abroad! Oh!
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I'm in a really good place. I used to be a right worrier, but being in a settled relationship has made a massive difference. I was on my own for three years before meeting David. I'm very happy with him, he's a fantastic man. But you never know what's around the corner, so you just hope for the best.
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I can tell you that when you're counting every penny, knowing that you are a single bad decision away from bankruptcy, you inevitably lose focus on what really matters for your business.
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In New York, you walk everywhere, so you're amongst people all of the time, and everybody is in a hurry and going somewhere or has something on their minds. And in L.A., it's still much more of a laid-back life, at least in my experience.
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Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?
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C is the assembly language of Tcl.
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The felt presence of immediate experience-- this is all you know. Everything else comes as unconfirmed rumor.
