Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
Our ability to destroy ourselves is the mirror image of our ability to save ourselves.
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As historians, we spend days in archives, gazing at account books. We train would-be historians in the arts of deciphering letters and documents, early Latin, scribal handwriting, medieval French.
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The history of American women is about the fight for freedom, but it's less a war against oppressive men than a struggle to straighten out the perpetually mixed message about women's role that was accepted by almost everybody of both genders.
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I've been a little bit Las Vegas and casino-obsessed. So, I love some trashy glamour... and I think nothing's trashier or more glamorous than a bit of a sheer number!
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.
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It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
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When we are returned to power we want to put in the statute book an act which will make our people citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.
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There's so much competition for leisure time, more than ever.
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And I think that, given the opportunity, somebody could really learn a lot just being around me and the girls because it's really nonstop, 24/7 brainstorming and creativity and just trying to get organized and really pack a lot into a day - being there nonstop with all engines blazing.
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People will always make comparisons.
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There's always been really interesting, diverse black voices talking and arguing and counterpointing.
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The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.
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'Prison Break' on Netflix has generated a whole new generation of viewers.
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When I did 'Venice Dawn,' there were times where people would cry after listening to it.
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I never looked at basketball as work. I always enjoyed it as my hobby. I loved it. Once that love is gone, and I'm tired of working out every day and doing all the stuff to get me ready for games, and I'm tired of lifting and conditioning and doing all that other stuff around it, and I'd rather stay in bed, then it's time to go.
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I can draw and paint in many different styles, and use different mediums to create work.
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Facebook is about sharing experiences that you've had. Foursquare is more about the present tense and the future tense.
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People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.
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What Hollywood truly wants is for people to be themselves. I think what it's designed for is to kind of turn people into something and just make them saleable. But what it really stands for, what it really loves, are people who are unafraid to be themselves, and as you can see, these are people who are excelling in their careers.
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Policymakers think that if they get the abstractions right, that will drive behavior in the desired direction. But the world happens in real time.
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Our ability to destroy ourselves is the mirror image of our ability to save ourselves.
