Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
You are some kind of a mystery suspended between two eternities. And in that moment, when a mind looks out at a world and asks the question, ‘What is it?’ In that moment art can be created.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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It is God who gives us the opportunity to win and to get victories.
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The one thing I'm absolutely obsessed with lately are gadgets! New cell phones; I walk around with three phones because I have all the new ones, and I can't choose which I prefer.
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We assume people we know can't be serial killers.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.
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Horror movies are all about getting your attention; you always have to be on guard. People love to be on the edge - there's nothing like a surprise.
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'Later he tried to keep a straight face as he mockingly confessed: 'While we were away, I found God.' He rambled on about the Bible before concluding, 'We found God. He was right in our stomachs...''(The rambling had to do with finding a Bible in every hotel room, 'Every hotel has Holy Bibles.')
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Philosophy stands in the same relation to the study of the actual world as masturbation to sexual love.
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When I said we were brothers from the podium … some brothers are like Cain and Abel, other brothers can fight with each other and get along. I don't know if this is reparable or not, that will be up to the president.
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This is a terrible place to die in.Where’s a good one?
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Once I opened my eyes to the realities of life, I couldn't close them.
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Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come upon an eviction - like, in 'Invisible Man' there's the famous eviction scene in Harlem, and people are gathered around, and they move the family back in.
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Since the middle of the twentieth century, our understanding of the American past has been revolutionized, in no small part because of our altered conceptions of the place of race in the nation's history.
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You are alive, but you should enjoy that while you can. I try to keep that same life philosophy of just enjoying the moments that come my way and not be the one that gets in my own way from making the most of the opportunities that I have.
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On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day.
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When you perform for the Army, they want dick jokes and they want em now!
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Before you count the profit, count the cost of a working mother.
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You are some kind of a mystery suspended between two eternities. And in that moment, when a mind looks out at a world and asks the question, ‘What is it?’ In that moment art can be created.
