Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
What we now have is the freedom which attends decadence, or the decadence which attends freedom.
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Decadence is wonderful.
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I used to take life so seriously; I got so stressed.
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Ultimately, a running back has to get rid of tacklers without his blockers being a part of it.
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I watched artists who blew up before me become parodies of themselves. I wasn't listening to people when they told me that I had nothing to say, and I can't listen to people now when they tell me I'm the bomb, even though I want to.
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I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once.
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In her religious role, the Queen is head of the Church of England, but in her civic role she cares for all her subjects, and no one is better at making everyone she meets feel valued.
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The parliamentary principle of decision by majorities only appears during quite short periods of history, and those are always periods of decadence in nations and States.
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Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic.
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The difference between film and TV, for me, is just that huge thing of knowing that there's a script that is not going to change and you can go really deep into that. With TV, you're just constantly on a high-wire, making sure you don't fall.
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The backdrop of half the experiences of life includes music.
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Bourguiba on Ramadan's effect on Tunisia" stagnation, weakness and decadence
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I need a prison in order to dream of being free.
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At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.
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I grew up in the South, and I think there are lots of people who have distorted views of the South.
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Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible to talk in polite company.
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Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.
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No loftier tribute can be paid to the most illustrious of all the benefactors of mankind than we pay to these unrecognized soldiers when we write above their graves this shining epitaph.
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I'm not always comfortable when a man tells me he's gay, I don't understand his world but I do understand that he's part of mine.
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Happiness is a choice we make. You can wake up and say, 'Oh, I can't believe it's so cold,' or you can say, 'Oh, wow, this is a great opportunity for me to try out my new sweater.' No one can be consistently positive, but why not make the choice that makes you feel better rather than the one that drags you down?
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Peasant people ... don't have a chance to share in the riches that the planet can offer because some people are taking off so much of the pleasures of this world, and there's only so much to go around.
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What we now have is the freedom which attends decadence, or the decadence which attends freedom.
