Terence McKenna (Terence Kemp McKenna) Quotes
The 'public' has no history, has no future, lives in a golden moment created by credit, which binds them ineluctably to a fascist system that is never criticized. This is the ultimate consequence of having broken off this symbiotic relationship with the vegetable, feminine, maternal matrix of the planet.
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As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.
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Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
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My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that's how big the patch should be.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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I'll always find the things that make a role complicated!
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Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the operation of the Holy Spirit, I was reared from the very beginning by Christian parents. From them I learned even in babyhood the Holy Scriptures which led me to a knowledge of the truth.
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
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I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.
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A good impression is sort of a juxtaposition of disparate elements.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court.
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You see a virus very differently when it's caught and suspended on a slab of glass than when you're observing how it's ravaged a fellow human being.
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In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another.
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I want every kid to go to college and be like a normal student. I want them to be able to go to a movie, go to a concert. I want them to be able to have that opportunity. But if you're paying kids, are you going to pay a lineman less than you're paying a quarterback? I don't know how to explain that stuff.
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If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.
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The Queen's intelligence network is a hell of a lot better than anyone's in this palace. Bar none. She knows everything. I don't know how she does it. And she sees everything.
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At last a dream come true. The Instrument of Instruments.
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I hope I'm not a tourist attraction - I'm sure that they come here really because St. Andrews is just amazing, a beautiful place.
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No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.
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Songs give you incredible opportunity to convey a tremendous amount in a relatively short period of time. The first thing that John Powell, our composer, says is, "Is the song engaging you to tap your toe?" If you're not tapping your toe, it doesn't matter what you're doing in the song, it's not going to work. But, if you can get the audience to be engaged by the song, then it gives you the opportunity to accomplish so much, in a very concise way.
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In the World Cup, people of many nations come together for a fierce competition. To field the best team, all the competitor nations know that they need to train their athletes for many years, starting as early as the first moments a child can recognize a soccer ball. No shortcuts. No late starts.
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I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.
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Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.
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The 'public' has no history, has no future, lives in a golden moment created by credit, which binds them ineluctably to a fascist system that is never criticized. This is the ultimate consequence of having broken off this symbiotic relationship with the vegetable, feminine, maternal matrix of the planet.
