Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The world could be anything, you know, It could be a solid state matrix of some sort. It could be an illusion. It could be a dream. I mean it really could be a dream.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
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I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.
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If you're an independent voter, I'm willing to bet that you were not too happy at the prospect of hitting the polls on November 8, 2016. But let me guess – you did it anyway because after all, it's your civic duty, right?
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When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.
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My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
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I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
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Gay rights is just a matter of time. Look at the polls. Worrying about gay marriage, let alone gay civil unions or gay employment rights, is a middle-age issue. Young people just can't see the problem. At worst, gays are going to win this one just by waiting until the opposition dies off.
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Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
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I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
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The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
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The characters that populate my books are global nomads in their own right, keeping multiple homes around the world and constantly jet-setting to new places.
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Nice work if you can get it,And you can get it if you try.
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You see much more of your children once they leave home.
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The world could be anything, you know, It could be a solid state matrix of some sort. It could be an illusion. It could be a dream. I mean it really could be a dream.
