Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
I think it's the sheer power of the hallucinogens that puts people off. You either love them or you hate them, and that's because they dissolve world views. And if you like the experience of having your entire ontological structure disappear out from under you, if you think that's a thrill, you'll probably love psychedelics.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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I was embarrassed about modeling. When you're at school and you're modeling, it sounds very glamorous, but I didn't want to do things that no one else was doing. I didn't want to be the odd one out. I wanted to be part of the gang.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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It is our duty, to ourselves and to our children, to see the new world as it is now.
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London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.
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Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
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I just go where my heart tells me, where my gut tells me to go, where I'm enjoying my life the most, where I feel like I can have the most success. I've truly enjoyed my experience in NASCAR, to the point that I want to do it full time.
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Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.
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Wir Deutsche fürchten Gott, aber sonst nichts in der Welt - und die Gottesfurcht ist es schon, die uns den Frieden lieben und pflegen lässt.
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There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things.
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I am going to fight - I, a socialist and Syndicalist - so that we shall make an end to war, so that the little ones of France will sleep in peace, and the women go without fear.
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I love writing music.
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I've built employee perks programs before and it's impossible to manually build a program that makes everyone happy. I'd make a deal with one gym then hear about another gym an employee would prefer. As a small business owner, I didn't have the time or leverage to negotiate and manage dozens of vendor relationships.
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I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.
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But as they say about sharks, it's not the ones you see that you have to worry about, it's the ones you don't see.
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I do have one instruction for you, General. Do something about that damned football team.
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I think it's the sheer power of the hallucinogens that puts people off. You either love them or you hate them, and that's because they dissolve world views. And if you like the experience of having your entire ontological structure disappear out from under you, if you think that's a thrill, you'll probably love psychedelics.
