Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
When we free ourselves we are not freed into a void. When we free ourselves we are freed into a dimension in which Art is an obligation.
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I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.
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Well, first I have to make the team, of course.
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I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world, and yeah, the roles weren't great.
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One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn't want us to be the ones.
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When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.
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'Nappy' is a state of mind, not an appearance.
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I didn't choose acting. The universe did.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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We have rules that no longer are relevant to the world we're living in. Our regulatory system can't keep up.
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I have done a lot of work for affordable housing, rental housing. I understand the rap on me and other liberals is, oh, we push poor people into homeownership. And it's exactly the opposite of the case. We were trying to prevent those kinds of bad loans.
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I wanted to figure out how long to cook things. I did some experiments and then wrote a program using Mathematica to model how heat is transferred through food.
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If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.
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The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation to pass, we next door to the killer. All them killers they let out, they're in that building. Just because we black, we get along with the killers? What is that? We need protection too.
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For me, being in front of a camera is a matter of practicing and refining your art. I think, if you're telling a story worth telling, it's worth investing the time into developing.
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The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.
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Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
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Any creation of art is conceived and born under influences, amidst the atmosphere of reverie and the most customary volition of the artist. It is there, in any case, that his work arises from.
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When I go out with my 16-year-old friends, I don't wear Chanel.
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When we free ourselves we are not freed into a void. When we free ourselves we are freed into a dimension in which Art is an obligation.
