Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The sensory ratios that are being reinforced by the new electronic technology are like the sensory ratios that were in place fifteen thousand years ago. . . . Print imposes a condition on human mind which is now lifting.
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.
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This is unproven technology, and if you don't know what you're doing, you shouldn't interact with tokens - from an investor and security perspective.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
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I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
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Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul.
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I wouldn't mind going half naked on stage, if that is what my role demands.
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Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.
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Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.
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Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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There's still something so pure and heartfelt and emotional and genuine about a bouquet of flowers that, even with all the advances of technology and the millions of ways we have to communicate with each other, flowers are still relevant in my opinion.
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Open platforms and experimental amateurs … eventually beat out the spendy, slick pros. … Relying on incumbents to produce your revolutions is not a good strategy. They're apt to take all the stuff that makes their products great and try to use technology to charge you extra for it, or prohibit it altogether.
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I do not carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. ...The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.
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All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.
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Life is about family and technology.
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Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.
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Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.
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I know I can't plan in this business, but I'm going to keep going as long as I keep getting close... So far, I feel lucky and infinitely grateful for the successes that I've had. I'm just going to keep working hard, and whatever happens, happens.
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You know, I try not to look back, because looking forward is so much better than looking backward.
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The sensory ratios that are being reinforced by the new electronic technology are like the sensory ratios that were in place fifteen thousand years ago. . . . Print imposes a condition on human mind which is now lifting.
