Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
A birth is a death. Everything you treasure, and believe in, and love, and relate to is destroyed for you when you leave the womb. And you are launched into another modality, a modality that perhaps you would not have chosen but that you cannot do anything about.
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This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
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If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.
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My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.
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One who roams the channels after dark, searching for buried treasure.
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Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth.
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I love crop tops and love the way Taylor Swift teams them. Her style is relaxed; I can relate to it.
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I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it.
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The - I don't want to say older, but the more experienced I get, I treasure and I honor what I've done much more.
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Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.
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Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.
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It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.
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We have for a long time neglected our children. They are our richest treasure. We must give them time, attention and the love of our pure, unselfish hearts.
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My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.
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Attachment to a baby is a long-term process, not a single, magical moment. The opportunity for bonding at birth may be compared to falling in love - staying in love takes longer and demands more work.
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Always treasure the opportunity. He's got another opportunity to play again when he's 28, 29. Enjoy it. Enjoy it while you can.
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...after a certain quantity, photos apparently taken by chance, postcards chosen according to a passing mood, begin to trace an itinerary, to map the imaginary country that stretches out before us.
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As long as we relate with our underlying primordial intelligence and as long as we push ourselves a little, by jumping into the middle of situations, then intelligence arises automatically.
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There is a certain strong sense of inner conviction that strikes, with a pang as that of birth, through the very soul, and which is experienced but once or twice in a lifetime.
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Becoming a writer is not a 'career decision' like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don't choose it so much as get chosen, and once you accept the fact that you're not fit for anything else, you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days.
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Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.
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My diet - I eat nutritionally-balanced meals. I work out. I do yoga. I love my yoga. I do boxing training because it's fun.
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Don't curse the darkness, light a candle.
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A birth is a death. Everything you treasure, and believe in, and love, and relate to is destroyed for you when you leave the womb. And you are launched into another modality, a modality that perhaps you would not have chosen but that you cannot do anything about.
