Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The real secret of magic is that the world is made of words, and that if you know the words that the world is made of you can make of it whatever you wish.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I did not like leaving them when they were little or big. You have to have priorities regarding what you will allow to take you away from your kid.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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However great the exertion of our mind may be to comprehend the Divine Being or any of the ideals, we find a screen and partition between Him and ourselves. Thus the prophets frequently hint at the existence of a partition between God and us.
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Basically, Aristotle believed that every time you behaved unkind and immorally - performing actions your soul was not proud of - you tarnished your soul. The worst shape your soul became in, the worst shape your mood and spirit.
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Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.
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Isaacs has a cheap Bic pen in his hand. He runs his fingers down the shaft, inverts it, runs his fingers down the shaft, over and over, in a motion that is mechanical rather than impatient.
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Think before you speak. Read before you think. This will give you something to think about that you didn't make up yourself - a wise move at any age, but most especially at seventeen, when you are in the greatest danger of coming to annoying conclusions.
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I am very happy to be an American. I realize what a valuable inheritance that is.
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You have to be able to do everything as a quarterback, and that's not necessarily taking care of your job but making sure you're preparing everyone else to go out and play well. And make sure you have them in the right mindset when they step on the field.
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We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God.
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There's an incredible amount of loneliness that comes with child stardom because you're isolated from your society.
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There is nothing more, I guess, cannibalistic than the metal or the hard rock scene, it seems.
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It's very hard to remain a student in life.
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I took about four or five years of French in high school, but I definitely don't speak French as well as I thought I did then.
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I don't believe in Elvis I don't believe in Zimmerman I don't believe in Beatles I just believe in me.
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The amount of sleep - the total amount of sleep that you get - starts to decrease the older that we get. I think one of the myths out there is that we simply need less sleep as we age, and that's not true, in fact.
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Unlike the federal government, most states don't have the option of running a deficit.
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I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name.
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The real secret of magic is that the world is made of words, and that if you know the words that the world is made of you can make of it whatever you wish.
