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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We're not mere spectators, or a cosmic accident, or some sideshow, or the Greek chorus to the main event. The human experience IS the main event.
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Hard work beats all the tonics and vitamins in the world.
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Every industry needs to embrace innovation. What we are trying to do in aerospace is to embrace innovation but keep it smart by not necessarily taking more substantial risks.
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The felt presence of immediate experience-- this is all you know. Everything else comes as unconfirmed rumor.
