Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes

Fine tuning the institutions built by powdered wig guys two hundred years ago is a long shot at holding the whole thing together.

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• Fine tuning the institutions built by powdered wig guys two hundred years ago is a long shot at holding the whole thing together.

  

  Terence McKenna
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