Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Alchemy is about the generation of a psychic construct, a wholeness, a thing which has many properties, which is paradoxical, which is both mind and matter, which can do anything.
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I started as a teenager going up on commercials.
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My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.
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Bermuda is not even tropical. The charm of the tropics - the heat, the chaos - is not there.
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I think you kind of have to put yourself out there.
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Richard Childress and myself have made some important innovations on our cars.
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If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it.
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I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.
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I actually used to smile a lot in pictures. I think I only stopped smiling when I got into fashion. Fashion stole my smile!
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I think the way to be a writer is to experience things, certainly, and be open to things, but at some point to become dedicated to the craft of writing and to create a stable environment for that writing to occur in.
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If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them.
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The question of what it is to live an 'authentic life', that's a complicated one.
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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.
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I learned how to sing in front of a lot of people and to hone my skills alongside some of the greatest performers of all time.
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It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
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I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
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Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
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If no one knows your book is out there, no one will think about buying it. It's as simple as that.
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We should go and ask the princess for help. She seems very nice, and she’s much too beautiful to be unkind.
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'We're in control, and we have what we want!'
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You know, I'm a fan of Laurie Anderson. One of my favorite records is 'The Ugly One With the Jewels,' a spoken-word record. It's an extraordinary album.
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The worst scientist is he who is not an artist; the worst artist is he who is no scientist.
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Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don't think about what you want to be, but what you want to do. Keep up some kind of a minimum with other things so that society doesn't stop you from doing anything at all.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
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Alchemy is about the generation of a psychic construct, a wholeness, a thing which has many properties, which is paradoxical, which is both mind and matter, which can do anything.
