Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The movement of a single atom from one known position to another known position changes an experience from nothing to overwhelming. This means that mind and matter at the quantum mechanical level are all spun together.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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The only foreplay I really need is for a guy to kiss my hip bone. The hip is the most erotic and neglected body part. Kiss the hip bone with your lips.
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.
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I wasn't popular in the home office because I wasn't chicken. I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the enjoyment.
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Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.
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The snow leopard is absolutely magnificent. It represents really what endangered species are all about.
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I am married.
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Movies, I don't really get the bad guys. In theater, I get more bad guys. Both audiences and directors are more willing... to allow people to stretch. In movies, you do one thing, and then that's their reference.
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Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.
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When Bush says that Abu Ghraib was the work of a few, he forgot to mention that he was one of them.
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La tierra tiene lo que tú levantas de la tierra. Nada más tiene.
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Convince me, but without convictions. Convictions no longer convince me.
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New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.
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I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general.
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One of the surest signs of the estimated changes in the consciousness of the American proletariat is to be found in the character of the demands now being put forward by the leadership.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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I think that I've learned to relax, and trust in and hire very talented people, and trust in their abilities a little more.
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The movement of a single atom from one known position to another known position changes an experience from nothing to overwhelming. This means that mind and matter at the quantum mechanical level are all spun together.
