Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Psychedelics are probably responsible for every aspect of human evolution apart from the decline in bodyhair.
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If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that.
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TV chefs are not responsible for people's consumption of fibre; this is not our job.
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Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently - the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs 'good tricks.'
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The newly released movie 'Noah' features a retelling of the creation story that clearly depicts Darwinian evolution transforming a single-cell organism into a monkey. The movie also seems to show magic in scenes more reminiscent of the occult than of the Bible story.
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I encourage people who don't believe in evolution to look for horses in Jurassic Solenhofen limestone.
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Our dependence on the pollutants of this Earth have always, and will continue to have, far-reaching consequences to our eco-systems, bio systems, geosystems and our race's natural evolution.
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Well, in terms of what a camera does. Again, you go back to that original idea that what you photograph is responsible for how it [the photograph] looks. And it's not plastic, in a way. The problem is unique in photographic terms.
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Science reserves the highest reward for those of you who disprove our most cherished beliefs. At any moment someone from any walk of life could come forward and be responsible for a complete revision of our view of everything.
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You have to be responsible for the energy you're putting out into the world.
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The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.
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Because you're responsible for [children]. You are there to protect them, not possess them. I tell them, "Watch me and you might learn something."
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The internet is awesome and responsible for my success.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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I hate birthdays, .. It's more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it's an evolution. I don't celebrate the past. I like the present and tomorrow.
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And of course, the brain is not responsible for any of the sensations at all. The correct view is that the seat and source of sensation is the region of the heart.
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Anaximenes and Anaxagoras and Democritus say that its the earth's flatness is responsible for it staying still: for it does not cut the air beneath but covers it like a lid, which flat bodies evidently do: for they are hard to move even for the winds, on account of their resistance.
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I know that philosophically a murderer is not responsible for his crime, but I prefer not to take tea with him.
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What I see in Nature is a grand design that we can understand only imperfectly, one with which a responsible person must look at with humility.
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It gives evolutionary biologists great status if they champion competition and the economists have to consult them. The economists have to consult the evolutionary biologists, because they are the ones who invented the idea of competition. It comes from the field of evolution.
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It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.
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True leaders inspire people to a bigger vision.
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Morality is but the vestibule of religion.
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We would like to draw the attention of our partners, of potential investors to the Russian Far East.
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Psychedelics are probably responsible for every aspect of human evolution apart from the decline in bodyhair.
